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THE ‘Season of mists and mellow1 fruitfulness’ has indeed been a close bosom2 friend of the maturing sun, and for the last three days before Legs went back to his crammer in town, he, Helen, and I spent a prostrated3 existence. Heat that in July invigorates, is utterly4 intolerable if it occurs at the end of September, just as the crisp winter day, which would be so welcome in January, descending5 to the earth as it usually does in June, produces merely amazed horror at the weather, and probably a cold. The superficial view that we suffer because we are improperly7 clad for these climatic surprises (a view that Helen put forward the other night) is beside the point. During these days, if I was improperly clad, it was only because I has so little on. In fact, only ten minutes before she had said as much.{88}
The state of Legs’ affections, I am bound to add, aggravated8 the sultriness of the weather, and made me feel exactly 350 (three hundred and fifty) years old. To take it at its best, he was embarked9 on a violent flirtation10 with a dreadful girl; to take it at its worst, he was falling in love with her. She is the daughter of a neighbouring minute squire11, who owns three turnip-fields, and calls it shooting. Legs shot over it the other day, and after walking over the whole estate twice, got back to The Grange in time for lunch. This was before I returned from Scotland, or I should have tried to prevent it. Probably I should not have succeeded.
The neighbouring squire’s name is Ampthump. I know quite well that it is not his fault, but that,
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mellow
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adj.柔和的;熟透的;v.变柔和;(使)成熟 | |
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n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 ); 使更严重; 激怒; 使恼火 | |
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乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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flirtation
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squire
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thump
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attachment
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n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附 | |
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equivocation
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gist
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creed
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gale
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n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等) | |
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groaned
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intentionally
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irrelevant
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glide
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dubious
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hideous
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渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求 | |
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vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑 | |
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wade
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wading
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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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perfectly
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dismal
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conceal
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ornamental
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forgery
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n.伪造的文件等,赝品,伪造(行为) | |
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tiresome
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adj.令人疲劳的,令人厌倦的 | |
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chirp
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v.(尤指鸟)唧唧喳喳的叫 | |
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chirping
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鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的现在分词 ) | |
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chirped
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鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的过去式 ) | |
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enraged
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使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 ); 歜; 激愤 | |
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spoke
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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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hurrah
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int.好哇,万岁,乌拉 | |
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simile
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n.直喻,明喻 | |
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hoarse
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adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的 | |
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muffled
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adj.(声音)被隔的;听不太清的;(衣服)裹严的;蒙住的v.压抑,捂住( muffle的过去式和过去分词 );用厚厚的衣帽包着(自己) | |
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omission
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deafening
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foe
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soothing
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ointment
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eventual
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portending
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maliciously
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malice
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thwarted
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twitch
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hiss
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v.发出嘶嘶声;发嘘声表示不满 | |
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v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的现在分词 ) | |
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弥漫( permeate的第三人称单数 ); 遍布; 渗入; 渗透 | |
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