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My greatest source of uneasiness, in this time of trial, was my son, whom his father and his father's friends delighted to encourage in all the embryo1 vices2 a little child can show, and to instruct in all the evil habits he could acquire - in a word, to 'make a man of him' was one of their staple3 amusements; and I need say no more to justify4 my alarm on his account, and my determination to deliver him at any hazard from the hands of such instructors6. I first attempted to keep him always with me, or in the nursery, and gave Rachel particular injunctions never to let him come down to dessert as long as these 'gentlemen' stayed; but it was no use: these orders were immediately countermanded8 and overruled by his father; he was not going to have the little fellow moped to death between an old nurse and a cursed fool of a mother. So the little fellow came down every evening in spite of his cross mamma, and learned to tipple9 wine like papa, to swear like Mr. Hattersley, and to have his own way like a man, and sent mamma to the devil when she tried to prevent him. To see such things done with the roguish naivete of that pretty little child, and hear such things spoken by that small infantile voice, was as peculiarly piquant11 and irresistibly12 droll13 to them as it was inexpressibly distressing15 and painful to me; and when he had set the table in a roar he would look round delightedly upon them all, and add his
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| 缺陷( vice的名词复数 ); 恶习; 不道德行为; 台钳 | |
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staple
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| n.主要产物,常用品,主要要素,原料,订书钉,钩环;adj.主要的,重要的;vt.分类 | |
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instructors
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| 指导者,教师( instructor的名词复数 ) | |
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| v.取消(命令),撤回( countermand的过去分词 ) | |
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peculiar
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piquant
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droll
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brutes
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| 兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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| 强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 ); 志向; 发送气音; 发 h 音 | |
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manly
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| adj.行为不检的;n.放荡的人,浪子,肆意挥霍者 | |
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twitching
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darted
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countenance
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anguish
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| n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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execrating
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inebriated
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corruption
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affluence
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asylum
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| vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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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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hoard
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| vt.谋划,策划;设法做到;设计,想出 | |
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| abbr.prosecuting 起诉;prosecutor 起诉人;professionals 自由职业者;proscenium (舞台)前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 );赞成的理由;抵偿物;交换物 | |
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relinquish
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pretensions
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| 自称( pretension的名词复数 ); 自命不凡; 要求; 权力 | |
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| 屈尊,俯就( condescend的过去式和过去分词 ); 故意表示和蔼可亲 | |
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heartily
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irrational
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sneer
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delectable
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| adj.使人愉快的;美味的 | |
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vengeance
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villain
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| 截取(技术),截接 | |
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virtue
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| adj.巨大的;恐怖的;可耻的,丢脸的 | |
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malicious
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beheld
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