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In the country it was an ordinary day enough; one of the long reel of days that turned as the years passed from green to orange; from grass to harvest. It was neither hot nor cold, an English spring day, bright enough, but a purple cloud behind the hill might mean rain. The grasses rippled2 with shadow, and then with sunlight.
In London, however, the stricture and pressure of the season were already felt, especially in the West End, where flags flew; canes3 tapped; dresses flowed; and houses freshly painted had awnings4 spread and swinging baskets of red geraniums. The Parks too — St. James’s, the Green Park, Hyde Park — were making ready. Already in the morning before there was a chance of a procession, the green chairs were ranged among the plump brown flower beds with their curled hyacinths, as if waiting for something to happen; for a curtain to rise; for Queen Alexandra to come, bowing through the gates. She had a face like a flower petal5, and always wore her pink carnation6.
Men lay flat on the grass reading newspapers with their shirts open; on the bald scrubbed space by the Marble Arch speakers congregated7; nursemaids vacantly regarded them; and mothers, squatted8 on the grass, watched their children play. Down Park Lane and Piccadilly vans, cars, omnibuses ran along the streets as if the streets were slots; stopped and jerked; as if a puzzle were solved, and then broken, for it was the season, and the streets were crowded. Over Park Lane and Piccadilly the clouds kept their freedom, wandering fitfully, staining windows gold, daubing them black, passed and vanished, though marble in Italy looked no more solid, gleaming in the quarries9, veined with yellow, than the clouds over Park Lane.
If the bus stopped here, Rose thought, looking down over the side, she would get up. The bus stopped, and she rose. It was a pity, she thought, as she stepped onto the pavement and caught a glimpse of her own figure in a tailor’s window, not to dress better, not to look nicer. Always reach-me-downs, coats and skirts from Whiteleys. But they saved time, and the years after all — she was over forty — made one care very little what people thought. They used to say, why don’t you marry? Why don’t you do this or that,
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ass
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n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人 | |
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使泛起涟漪(ripple的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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n.(某些植物,如竹或甘蔗的)茎( cane的名词复数 );(用于制作家具等的)竹竿;竹杖 | |
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petal
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n.花瓣 | |
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carnation
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n.康乃馨(一种花) | |
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(使)集合,聚集( congregate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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n.(采)石场( quarry的名词复数 );猎物(指鸟,兽等);方形石;(格窗等的)方形玻璃v.从采石场采得( quarry的第三人称单数 );从(书本等中)努力发掘(资料等);在采石场采石 | |
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alcoves
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n.凹室( alcove的名词复数 );(花园)凉亭;僻静处;壁龛 | |
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v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 );(敏捷地)抱起;抢先获得;用铲[勺]等挖(洞等) | |
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逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) | |
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n.防水帆布,防水帆布罩( tarpaulin的名词复数 ) | |
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n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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humbugs
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欺骗( humbug的名词复数 ); 虚伪; 骗子; 薄荷硬糖 | |
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alley
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n.小巷,胡同;小径,小路 | |
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earthenware
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luncheon
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n.板岩,石板,石片,石板色,候选人名单;adj.暗蓝灰色的,含板岩的;vt.用石板覆盖,痛打,提名,预订 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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v.因疲倦、疲劳等指眼睛变得呆滞,毫无表情 | |
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adj. 枯萎的,干瘪的,(人身体的部分器官)因病萎缩的或未发育良好的 动词wither的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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vt.支撑;n.支柱,支撑物;支持者,靠山 | |
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defunct
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quotation
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n.引文,引语,语录;报价,牌价,行情 | |
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使显得微小,轻视,贬低( belittle的现在分词 ) | |
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helping
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n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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hoops
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n.箍( hoop的名词复数 );(篮球)篮圈;(旧时儿童玩的)大环子;(两端埋在地里的)小铁弓 | |
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conceal
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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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ravaged
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毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 ); 蹂躏; 劫掠; 抢劫 | |
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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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刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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extraordinarily
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caravan
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hops
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fumbled
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n.掷飞镖游戏;飞镖( dart的名词复数 );急驰,飞奔v.投掷,投射( dart的第三人称单数 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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battered
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coppers
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铜( copper的名词复数 ); 铜币 | |
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shuffling
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twig
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wig
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puffed
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brandished
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glade
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spokes
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sarcastic
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momentary
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