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ON the evening of Fan's visit, Polly sat down before her fire with a resolute1 and thoughtful aspect. She pulled her hair down, turned her skirt back, put her feet on the fender, and took Puttel into her lap, all of which arrangements signified that something very important had got to be thought over and settled. Polly did not soliloquize aloud, as heroines on the stage and in books have a way of doing, but the conversation she held with herself was very much like this: "I 'm afraid there is something in it. I 've tried to think it 's nothing but vanity or imagination, yet I can't help seeing a difference, and feeling as if I ought not to pretend that I don't. I know it 's considered proper for girls to shut their eyes and let things come to a crisis no matter how much mischief2 is done. But I don't think it 's doing as we 'd be done by, and it seems a great deal more honest to show a man that you don't love him before he has entirely3 lost his heart. The girls laughed at me when I said so, and they declared that it would be a very improper4 thing to do, but I 've observed that they don't hesitate to snub 'ineligible5 parties,' as they call poor, very young, or unpopular men. It 's all right then, but when a nice person comes it 's part of the fun to let him go on to the very end, whether the girls care for him or not. The more proposals, the more credit. Fan says Trix always asks when she comes home after the summer excursions, 'How many birds have you bagged?' as if men were partridges. What wicked creatures we are! some of us at least. I wonder why such a love of conquest was put into us? Mother says a great deal of it is owing to bad education nowadays, but some girls seem born for the express purpose of making trouble and would manage to do it if they lived in a howling wilderness6. I 'm afraid I 've got a spice of it, and if I had the chance, should be as bad as any of them. I 've tried it and liked it, and maybe this is the consequence of that night's fun."
Here Polly leaned back and looked up at the little mirror over the chimney-piece, which was hung so that it reflected the faces of those about the fire. In it Polly saw a pair of telltale eyes looking out from a

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n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹 | |
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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adj.不适当的,不合适的,不正确的,不合礼仪的 | |
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adj.无资格的,不适当的 | |
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droll
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vt.加重(剧),使恶化;激怒,使恼火 | |
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revel
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luxurious
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exclamation
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v.闪开,躲开,避开;n.妙计,诡计 | |
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remarkable
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(无目的地)漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 ); (喻)漫谈; 扯淡; 长篇大论 | |
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n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 );鞭子;突然猛烈的一击;急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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v.(使)外溢,(使)溢出;溢出,流出,漫出 | |
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bonnet
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v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 );困扰;质问;毅然应对 | |
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v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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gratitude
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adj.感激,感谢 | |
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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creed
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n.通风口,排放口;开衩;vt.表达,发泄 | |
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sobbing
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<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的 | |
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adj.微小的,细微的,极小的,显微的 | |
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mitigate
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woe
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n.悲哀,苦痛,不幸,困难;int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌 | |
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smoothly
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adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地 | |
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heartily
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adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很 | |
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blithely
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adv.欢乐地,快活地,无挂虑地 | |
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pranced
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joyful
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adj.欢乐的,令人欢欣的 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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behold
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n.面容( countenance的名词复数 );表情;镇静;道义支持 | |
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glorified
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placidly
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adj.调皮的,恶作剧的,有害的,伤人的 | |
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abruptly
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defender
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croak
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refreshing
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发出咔哒声(clatter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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salute
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鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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perversity
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confide
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shamefully
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可耻地; 丢脸地; 不体面地; 羞耻地 | |
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groan
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tragical
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adj. 悲剧的, 悲剧性的 | |
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adj.爱打听的v.打听,刺探(他人的私事)( pry的现在分词 );撬开 | |
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adj.非常诱人的,无法拒绝的,无法抗拒的 | |
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