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Until one o’clock Baby Warren lay in bed, reading one of Marion Crawford’s curiously1 inanimate Roman stories; then she went to a window and looked down into the street. Across from the hotel two carabinieri, grotesque2 in swaddling capes3 and harlequin hats, swung voluminously from this side and that, like mains’ls coming about, and watching them she thought of the guards’ officer who had stared at her so intensely at lunch. He had possessed4 the arrogance5 of a tall member of a short race, with no obligation save to be tall. Had he come up to her and said: “Let’s go along, you and I,” she would have answered: “Why not?”— at least it seemed so now, for she was still disembodied by an unfamiliar6 background.
Her thoughts drifted back slowly through the guardsman to the two carabinieri, to Dick — she got into bed and turned out the light.
A little before four she was awakened7 by a brusque knocking.
“Yes — what is it?”
“It’s the concierge8, Madame.”
She pulled on her kimono and faced him sleepily.
“Your friend name Deever he’s in trouble. He had trouble with the police, and they have him in the jail. He sent a taxi up to tell, the driver says that he promised him two hundred lire.” He paused cautiously for this to be approved. “The driver says Mr. Deever in the bad trouble. He had a fight with the police and is terribly bad hurt.”
“I’ll be right down.”
She dressed to an accompaniment of anxious heartbeats and ten minutes later stepped out of the elevator into the dark lobby. The chauffeur
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adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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adj.怪诞的,丑陋的;n.怪诞的图案,怪人(物) | |
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碎谷; 斗篷( cape的名词复数 ); 披肩; 海角; 岬 | |
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awakened
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concierge
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n.管理员;门房 | |
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一阵强风( gust的名词复数 ); (怒、笑等的)爆发; (感情的)迸发; 发作 | |
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adj.反常的;乖戾的;(变)弯曲的;变形的v.弄弯,变歪( warp的过去式和过去分词 );使(行为等)不合情理,使乖戾, | |
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sentry
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momentary
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flinched
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gathering
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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execrated
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v.憎恶( execrate的过去式和过去分词 );厌恶;诅咒;咒骂 | |
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v.包围,笼罩,包住( envelop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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wriggled
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v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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v.烧焦,烤焦;高速疾驶;n.烧焦处,焦痕 | |
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caressing
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爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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insistence
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n.坚持;强调;坚决主张 | |
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monstrous
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adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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unnatural
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agitation
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n.搅动;搅拌;鼓动,煽动 | |
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ad.热烈地,激烈地 | |
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affront
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n./v.侮辱,触怒 | |
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consulate
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consul
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n.领事;执政官 | |
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binding
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strap
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v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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memorandum
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n.备忘录,便笺 | |
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尖声的; 光亮的,耀眼的 | |
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linen
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n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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piazza
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spiked
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adj.有穗的;成锥形的;有尖顶的 | |
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resurgence
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n.再起,复活,再现 | |
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labyrinth
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n.迷宫;难解的事物;迷路 | |
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alleys
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胡同,小巷( alley的名词复数 ); 小径 | |
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stuffy
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adj.不透气的,闷热的 | |
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villa
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n.别墅,城郊小屋 | |
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v.补偿,赎(罪)( atone的过去式和过去分词 );补偿,弥补,赎回 | |
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modesty
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n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素 | |
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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hysterical
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adj.情绪异常激动的,歇斯底里般的 | |
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exhaustion
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n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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brawls
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吵架,打架( brawl的名词复数 ) | |
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catastrophe
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n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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outrageous
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adj.无理的,令人不能容忍的 | |
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indifference
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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ruffle
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v.弄皱,弄乱;激怒,扰乱;n.褶裥饰边 | |
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sweeping
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irrational
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brutality
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n.野蛮的行为,残忍,野蛮 | |
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sardonic
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lieutenant
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arcades
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v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸 | |
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slain
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ribs
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