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EVEN through his smile Lizzie had seen, in the first moment, how changed he was; and the impression of the change deepened to the point of pain when, a few days later, in reply to his brief note, she accorded him a private hour.
That the first sight of his writing — the first answer to his letters — should have come, after three long years, in the shape of this impersonal1 line, too curt2 to be called humble3, yet confessing to a consciousness of the past by the studied avoidance of its language! As she read, her mind flashed back over what she had dreamed his letters would be, over the exquisite4 answers she had composed above his name. There was nothing exquisite in the conventional lines before her; but dormant5 nerves began to throb6 again at the mere7 touch of the paper he had touched, and she threw the little note into the fire before she dared to reply to it.
Now that he was actually before her again, he became, as usual, the one live spot in her consciousness. Once more her tormented8 throbbing9 self sank back passive and numb10, but now with all its power of suffering mysteriously transferred to the presence, so known, yet so unknown, at the opposite corner of her hearth11. She was still Lizzie West, and he was still Vincent Deering; but the Styx rolled between them, and she saw his face through its fog. It was his face, really, rather than his words, that told her, as she
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impersonal
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adj.无个人感情的,与个人无关的,非人称的 | |
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humble
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adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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adj.暂停活动的;休眠的;潜伏的 | |
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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tormented
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throbbing
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numb
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adj.麻木的,失去感觉的;v.使麻木 | |
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hearth
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n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面 | |
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furtively
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adv. 偷偷地, 暗中地 | |
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blurred
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v.(使)变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 );(使)难以区分;模模糊糊;迷离 | |
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afterward
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narrative
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impaired
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adj.受损的;出毛病的;有(身体或智力)缺陷的v.损害,削弱( impair的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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contrived
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inexplicably
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adv.无法说明地,难以理解地,令人难以理解的是 | |
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ebbed
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(指潮水)退( ebb的过去式和过去分词 ); 落; 减少; 衰落 | |
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miserable
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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vaguely
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adv.含糊地,暖昧地 | |
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divers
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adj.不同的;种种的 | |
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livelihood
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n.生计,谋生之道 | |
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illustrating
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给…加插图( illustrate的现在分词 ); 说明; 表明; (用示例、图画等)说明 | |
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acting
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n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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tout
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v.推销,招徕;兜售;吹捧,劝诱 | |
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advertising
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n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的 | |
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暗指,间接提到( allusion的名词复数 ) | |
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conjectures
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推测,猜想( conjecture的名词复数 ) | |
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pang
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n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷 | |
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merged
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(使)混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 ); 相融; 融入; 渐渐消失在某物中 | |
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humiliated
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maternal
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adj.母亲的,母亲般的,母系的,母方的 | |
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justification
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n.正当的理由;辩解的理由 | |
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grievance
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n.怨愤,气恼,委屈 | |
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determined
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decided
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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dealing
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n.经商方法,待人态度 | |
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requisite
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adj.需要的,必不可少的;n.必需品 | |
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impartiality
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n. 公平, 无私, 不偏 | |
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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dwelling
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n.住宅,住所,寓所 | |
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deliberately
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adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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fixed
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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hesitations
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n.犹豫( hesitation的名词复数 );踌躇;犹豫(之事或行为);口吃 | |
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dispelled
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v.驱散,赶跑( dispel的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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imminent
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adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的 | |
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evoke
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vt.唤起,引起,使人想起 | |
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elegance
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n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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bent
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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musingly
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adv.沉思地,冥想地 | |
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lapse
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n.过失,流逝,失效,抛弃信仰,间隔;vi.堕落,停止,失效,流逝;vt.使失效 | |
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frankly
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adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说 | |
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vow
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n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓 | |
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insistence
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n.坚持;强调;坚决主张 | |
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resolutely
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adj.坚决地,果断地 | |
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fortitude
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n.坚忍不拔;刚毅 | |
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syllable
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n.音节;vt.分音节 | |
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rumor
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n.谣言,谣传,传说 | |
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desperately
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adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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abruptly
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adv.突然地,出其不意地 | |
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recoil
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vi.退却,退缩,畏缩 | |
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dreading
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v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的现在分词 ) | |
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exasperated
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adj.恼怒的 | |
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reiterate
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v.重申,反复地说 | |
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wrung
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绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水) | |
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accusation
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n.控告,指责,谴责 | |
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demons
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n.恶人( demon的名词复数 );恶魔;精力过人的人;邪念 | |
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stiffen
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vindictive
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disarming
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longing
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expectancy
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reconstruction
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pauper
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compassion
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poise
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irony
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alteration
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judgment
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supersede
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counterfeit
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immediate
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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intensity
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misery
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penetrated
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random
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stammer
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n.结巴,口吃;v.结结巴巴地说 | |
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evocation
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n. 引起,唤起 n. <古> 召唤,招魂 | |
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perpendicular
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adj.垂直的,直立的;n.垂直线,垂直的位置 | |
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wailed
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v.哭叫,哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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repudiate
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v.拒绝,拒付,拒绝履行 | |
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spectral
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adj.幽灵的,鬼魂的 | |
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