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“Does it look nice, mother?”
Dick Peyton met her with the question on the threshold, drawing her gaily1 into the little square room, and adding, with a laugh with a blush in it: “You know she’s an uncommonly2 noticing person, and little things tell with her.”
He swung round on his heel to follow his mother’s smiling inspection3 of the apartment.
“She seems to have all the qualities,” Mrs. Denis Peyton remarked, as her circuit finally brought her to the prettily4 appointed tea-table.
“All,” he declared, taking the sting from her emphasis by his prompt adoption5 of it. Dick had always had a wholesome6 way of thus appropriating to his own use such small shafts7 of maternal8 irony9 as were now and then aimed at him.
Kate Peyton laughed and loosened her furs. “It looks charmingly,” she pronounced, ending her survey by an approach to the window, which gave, far below, the oblique10 perspective of a long side-street leading to Fifth Avenue.
The high-perched room was Dick Peyton’s private office, a retreat partitioned off from the larger enclosure in which, under a north light and on a range of deal tables, three or four young draughtsmen were busily engaged in elaborating his architectural projects. The outer door of the office bore the sign: Peyton and Gill, Architects; but Gill was an utilitarian
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gaily
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adv.欢乐地,高兴地 | |
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inspection
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n.检查,审查,检阅 | |
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maternal
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irony
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utilitarian
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contented
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intimacy
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efface
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texture
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sarcasms
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infiltration
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knight
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resolute
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suavity
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tact
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discretion
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persistency
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rejuvenating
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使变得年轻,使恢复活力( rejuvenate的现在分词 ) | |
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scant
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competence
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apparently
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expenditure
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n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出;使用,消耗 | |
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judicious
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motives
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improvidence
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drawn
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exchequer
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n.财政部;国库 | |
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outspoken
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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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pretext
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expiating
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defiance
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penance
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n.教育;正规学校教育 | |
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cultivation
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ornamental
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artistic
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adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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depreciation
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immediate
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destined
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stimulus
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n.刺激,刺激物,促进因素,引起兴奋的事物 | |
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aptitudes
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(学习方面的)才能,资质,天资( aptitude的名词复数 ) | |
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justified
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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confirmation
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n.证实,确认,批准 | |
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engrossed
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adj.全神贯注的 | |
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lavishly
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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appreciation
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n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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fret
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v.(使)烦恼;(使)焦急;(使)腐蚀,(使)磨损 | |
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temperament
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n.气质,性格,性情 | |
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exalted
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adj.(地位等)高的,崇高的;尊贵的,高尚的 | |
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disdains
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鄙视,轻蔑( disdain的名词复数 ) | |
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deflecting
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(使)偏斜, (使)偏离, (使)转向( deflect的现在分词 ) | |
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industrious
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overflowed
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suburban
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alterations
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expended
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ingenuities
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足智多谋,心灵手巧( ingenuity的名词复数 ) | |
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admiration
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generosities
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n.慷慨( generosity的名词复数 );大方;宽容;慷慨或宽容的行为 | |
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salon
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coax
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secluded
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estrangement
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obstinate
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discrepancy
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loyalties
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colloquies
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lodgings
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judgments
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判断( judgment的名词复数 ); 鉴定; 评价; 审判 | |
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versatility
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