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“Well, my dear!” said Henrietta. “If I had such a worried look on my face, when I was going down to spend the weekend with the man I was engaged to — and going to be married to in a month — well! I should either try and change my face, or hide my feelings, or something.”
“You shut up!” said Hester curtly1. “Don’t look at my face, if it doesn’t please you.”
“Now, my dear Hester, don’t go into one of your tempers! Just look in the mirror, and you’ll see what I mean.”
“Who cares what you mean! You’re not responsible for my face,” said Hester desperately2, showing no intention of looking in the mirror, or of otherwise following her sister’s kind advice.
Henrietta, being the younger sister, and mercifully unengaged, hummed a tune3 lightly. She was only twenty-one, and had not the faintest intention of jeopardising her peace of mind by accepting any sort of fatal ring. Nevertheless, it WAS nice to see Hester “getting off”, as they say; for Hester was nearly twenty-five, which is serious.
The worst of it was, lately Hester had had her famous “worried” look on her face, when it was a question of the faithful Joe: dark shadows under the eyes, drawn4 lines down the cheeks. And when Hester looked like that, Henrietta couldn’t help feeling the most horrid5 jangled echo of worry and apprehension6 in her own heart, and she hated it. She simply couldn’t stand that sudden feeling of fear.
“What I mean to say,” she continued, “IS— that it’s jolly unfair to Joe, if you go down looking like that. Either put a better face on it, or —” But she checked herself. She was going to say “don’t go”. But really, she did hope that Hester would go through with this marriage. Such a weight off her, Henrietta’s, mind.
“Oh, hang!” cried Hester. “Shut up!” And her dark eyes flashed a spark of fury and
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adv.简短地 | |
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2 desperately | |
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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4 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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5 horrid | |
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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6 apprehension | |
n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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7 misgiving | |
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8 meditating | |
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9 intimacy | |
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10 artillery | |
n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的 | |
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14 bungalow | |
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15 willow | |
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16 willows | |
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17 awfully | |
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18 helping | |
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19 luscious | |
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20 perfectly | |
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21 alas | |
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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22 decided | |
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23 automobile | |
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24 cosy | |
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25 persuasively | |
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26 loathed | |
v.憎恨,厌恶( loathe的过去式和过去分词 );极不喜欢 | |
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27 loathe | |
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28 idiotic | |
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29 incompetent | |
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30 monstrous | |
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31 infinitely | |
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32 gasped | |
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33 haze | |
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34 seething | |
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35 shred | |
v.撕成碎片,变成碎片;n.碎布条,细片,些少 | |
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36 trespassing | |
[法]非法入侵 | |
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37 crouching | |
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38 foliage | |
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39 shuffled | |
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40 erect | |
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41 tiresomely | |
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42 manly | |
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43 insignificant | |
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44 vaguely | |
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45 fumbling | |
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46 miserable | |
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48 cinder | |
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49 blandly | |
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50 pal | |
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51 poking | |
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52 fret | |
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53 remonstrated | |
v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 );告诫 | |
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54 crunched | |
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55 innocence | |
n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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56 meekly | |
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57 slippers | |
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58 dangled | |
悬吊着( dangle的过去式和过去分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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59 curiously | |
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60 fixed | |
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61 descend | |
vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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62 distressed | |
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63 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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64 dodged | |
v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 );回避 | |
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65 dodging | |
n.避开,闪过,音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 );回避 | |
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66 amazement | |
n.惊奇,惊讶 | |
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67 squinted | |
斜视( squint的过去式和过去分词 ); 眯着眼睛; 瞟; 从小孔或缝隙里看 | |
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68 exasperation | |
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69 reiteration | |
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70 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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71 snarling | |
v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的现在分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说 | |
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72 guardian | |
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73 musing | |
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74 shrieked | |
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75 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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76 venom | |
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77 liar | |
n.说谎的人 | |
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78 sneering | |
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79 jeering | |
adj.嘲弄的,揶揄的v.嘲笑( jeer的现在分词 ) | |
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80 horrified | |
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82 interval | |
n.间隔,间距;幕间休息,中场休息 | |
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83 lengthy | |
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84 bravado | |
n.虚张声势,故作勇敢,逞能 | |
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85 pretence | |
n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰 | |
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86 repented | |
对(自己的所为)感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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