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On July Fourth, for Judy's sake, he marches in a Mt. Judge parade. Her Girl Scout1 troop is in it and the troop leader's husband, Clarence Eifert, is on the organizing committee. They needed a man tall enough to be Uncle Sam and Judy told Mrs. Eifert that her grandfather was wonderfully tall. Actually, six three isn't tall by today's standards, you'd be a dwarf2 in the NBA at that height, but several members of the committee, a generation older than Mr. Eifert, remembered Rabbit Angstrom from his highschool glory days and became enthusiastic, even though Harry3 lives now in Penn Park on the other side of Brewer4. He was a Mt. Judge boy and something of a hero once. He has become more corpulent than our national symbol should be but he has the right fair skin and pale blue eyes and a good soldierly bearing. He served during Korea. He did his bit.
The bell?bottom trousers with their broad red stripes have to be left unbuttoned at the stomach, but since they are held up by tricolor suspenders, and a pale?blue vest patterned in stars comes down over the belt area, it doesn't much matter. Harry and Janice fuss a good deal at the costume in the week before the Fourth. They actually go buy a formal shirt with French cuffs5 and a wing collar to go with the floppy6 red cravat7, and decide that somehow his suede8 Hush9 Puppies go better with the red?striped trousers, look more like boots, than the formal black shoes he keeps for weddings and funerals. The swallowtail coat, of a wool darker blue than the vest, with three unbuttonable brass10 buttons on both sides, fits well enough, but the fuzzy
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scout
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| n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索 | |
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dwarf
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brewer
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| n. 啤酒制造者 | |
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| n.袖口( cuff的名词复数 )v.掌打,拳打( cuff的第三人称单数 ) | |
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| adj.松软的,衰弱的 | |
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cravat
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| n.领巾,领结;v.使穿有领结的服装,使结领结 | |
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| n.表面粗糙的软皮革 | |
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| int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静 | |
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brass
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| adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词 | |
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perches
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| 栖息处( perch的名词复数 ); 栖枝; 高处; 鲈鱼 | |
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wig
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totter
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frankly
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| adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说 | |
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sagging
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theatricals
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| n.(业余性的)戏剧演出,舞台表演艺术;职业演员;戏剧的( theatrical的名词复数 );剧场的;炫耀的;戏剧性的 | |
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pushy
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mustering
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scattered
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| adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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slated
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| 用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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catching
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| adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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stencilled
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mesh
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calves
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| n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子,腓;腿肚子( calf的名词复数 );牛犊;腓;小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 );(冰川)崩解;生(小牛等),产(犊);使(冰川)崩解 | |
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joyful
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| adj.欢乐的,令人欢欣的 | |
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secluding
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| v.使隔开,使隔绝,使隐退( seclude的现在分词 ) | |
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twilight
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hoop
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| n.(篮球)篮圈,篮 | |
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braced
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| adj.拉牢的v.支住( brace的过去式和过去分词 );撑牢;使自己站稳;振作起来 | |
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leftover
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| n.剩货,残留物,剩饭;adj.残余的 | |
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illustrating
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| 给…加插图( illustrate的现在分词 ); 说明; 表明; (用示例、图画等)说明 | |
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spiked
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| adj.有穗的;成锥形的;有尖顶的 | |
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gilded
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| a.镀金的,富有的 | |
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scouts
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| 侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员 | |
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scotch
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pouchy
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| adj.多袋的,袋状的,松垂的 | |
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blur
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stiffens
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| (使)变硬,(使)强硬( stiffen的第三人称单数 ) | |
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admonishment
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racing
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tamp
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aggravating
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unison
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gathering
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momentum
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estranged
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stilts
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frantic
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hustles
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bugle
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corps
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civic
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limousine
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spokes
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slanting
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alley
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| n.小巷,胡同;小径,小路 | |
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borough
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| n.享有自治权的市镇;(英)自治市镇 | |
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retired
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squinty
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jersey
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amplifying
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precarious
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frisky
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| adj.活泼的,欢闹的;n.活泼,闹着玩;adv.活泼地,闹着玩地 | |
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mischief
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auditorium
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belly
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maples
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| 槭树,枫树( maple的名词复数 ); 槭木 | |
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adhesive
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bent
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| adj.合成的,人工的;综合的;n.人工制品 | |
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