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III. THE BOYS' JOKE, AND WHO GOT THE BEST OF IT.
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It was the day before Christmas, and grandpa's big house was swarming1 with friends and relations, all brimful of spirits and bent2 on having a particularly good time. Dinner was over and a brief lull3 ensued, during which the old folks took naps, the younger ones sat chatting quietly, while the children enlivened the day by a quarrel.
It had been brewing4 for some time, and during that half hour the storm broke. You see, the boys felt injured because for a week at least the girls had been too busy to pay the slightest attention to them and their affairs,—and what's the good of having sisters and cousins if they don't make themselves useful and agreeable to a fellow? What made it particularly hard to bear was the fact that there was a secret about it, and all they could discover was that they were to have no part in the fun. This added to their wrath5, for they could have borne the temporary neglect, if the girls had been making something nice for them; but they were not, and the irate6 lads were coolly informed that they would never know the secret, or benefit by it in the least.
Now this sort of thing was not to be borne, you know, and after affecting to scorn the whole concern, the boys were finally goaded7 to confess to one another that they were dying to learn what was going on, though no power on earth would make them own as much to the girls. It certainly was very tantalizing8 to the poor fellows penned up in the breakfast-room (to keep the house quiet for an hour) to see the girls prance9 in and out of the library with the most aggravating10
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1 swarming | |
密集( swarm的现在分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
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23 giggle | |
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24 pervade | |
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27 pointed | |
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39 delightful | |
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40 cranberries | |
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44 dressing | |
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49 straps | |
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50 puckered | |
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51 perfectly | |
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52 profane | |
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53 revel | |
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54 standing | |
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55 bestowed | |
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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56 chatter | |
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57 flannel | |
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58 triangular | |
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59 maternal | |
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60 pensive | |
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61 touching | |
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62 shrieks | |
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64 countenance | |
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65 foe | |
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66 derisively | |
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67 derisive | |
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68 jeering | |
adj.嘲弄的,揶揄的v.嘲笑( jeer的现在分词 ) | |
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69 brag | |
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70 specially | |
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71 extremities | |
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72 peek | |
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73 barefaced | |
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74 forth | |
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75 wager | |
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76 ruffled | |
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77 tartly | |
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78 withdrawal | |
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80 contented | |
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81 mighty | |
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82 demolish | |
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83 affected | |
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84 grumbled | |
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85 bruised | |
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86 defiant | |
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89 chubby | |
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90 afflicted | |
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95 jig | |
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97 helping | |
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98 chuckling | |
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99 remorse | |
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101 hoots | |
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104 attic | |
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106 inviting | |
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107 smacking | |
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108 atone | |
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109 generosity | |
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