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A Praiser of Past Times.
—— Now your traveller,
He and his toothpick at my worship’s mess.
King John.
The noise stated at the conclusion of last chapter to have disturbed Mr. Bindloose, was the rapping of one, as in haste and impatience2, at the Bank-office door, which office was an apartment of the Banker’s house, on the left hand of his passage, as the parlour in which he had received Mrs. Dods was upon the right.
In general, this office was patent to all having business there; but at present, whatever might be the hurry of the party who knocked, the clerks within the office could not admit him, being themselves made prisoners by the prudent4 jealousy5 of Mr. Bindloose, to prevent them from listening to his consultation6 with Mrs. Dods. They therefore answered the angry and impatient knocking of the stranger only with stifled7 giggling8 from within, finding it no doubt an excellent joke, that their master’s precaution was thus interfering9 with their own discharge of duty.
With one or two hearty10 curses upon them, as the regular plagues of his life, Mr. Bindloose darted11 into the passage, and admitted the stranger into his official apartment. The doors both of the parlour and office remaining open, the ears of Luckie Dods (experienced, as the reader knows, in collecting intelligence) could partly overhear what passed. The conversation seemed to regard a cash transaction of some importance, as Meg became aware when the stranger raised a voice which was naturally sharp and high, as he did when uttering the following words, towards the close of a conversation which had lasted about five minutes —“
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vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬 | |
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consultation
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interfering
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remittances
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rattan
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replenished
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补充( replenish的过去式和过去分词 ); 重新装满 | |
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elasticity
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countenance
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choleric
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complexion
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vicissitudes
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ad.不同寻常地,相当地 | |
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antiquated
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dungeons
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unstable
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industrious
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glean
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loon
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sect
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dame
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doctrine
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兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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cane
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cynical
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cultivation
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tenants
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folly
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foam
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spawned
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(鱼、蛙等)大量产(卵)( spawn的过去式和过去分词 ); 大量生产 | |
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conceited
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adj.自负的,骄傲自满的 | |
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clamorous
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adj.吵闹的,喧哗的 | |
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judicious
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bustling
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celestial
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auspices
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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