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CHAPTER XX Sir Orlando's Policy
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When the guests began to arrive our friend the Duchess had apparently1 got through her little difficulties, for she received them with that open, genial2 hospitality which is so delightful3 as coming evidently from the heart. There had not been another word between her and her husband as to the manner in which the thing was to be done, and she had determined4 that the offensive word should pass altogether out of her memory. The first comer was Mrs. Finn,—who came indeed rather as an assistant hostess than as a mere5 guest, and to her the Duchess uttered a few half-playful hints as to her troubles. "Considering the time, haven't we done marvels6? Because it does look nice,—doesn't it? There are no dirt heaps about, and it's all as green as though it had been there since the Conquest. He doesn't like it because it looks new. And we've got forty-five bedrooms made up. The servants are all turned out over the stables somewhere,—quite comfortable, I assure you. Indeed they like it. And by knocking down the ends of two passages we've brought everything together. And the rooms are all numbered just like an inn. It was the only way. And I keep one book myself, and Locock has another. I have everybody's room, and where it is, and how long the tenant7 is to be allowed to occupy it. And here's the way everybody is to take everybody down to dinner for the next fortnight. Of course that must be altered, but it is easier when we have a sort of settled basis. And I have some private notes as to who should flirt8 with whom."
"You'd better not let that lie about."
"Nobody could understand a word of it if they had it. A. B. always means X. Y. Z. And this is the code of the Gatherum Archery Ground. I never drew a bow in my life,—not a real bow in the flesh, that is, my dear,—and yet I've made 'em all out, and had them printed. The way to make a thing go down is to give it some special importance. And I've gone through the bill of fare for the first week with Millepois, who is a perfect gentleman,—perfect." Then she gave a little sigh as she remembered that word from her husband, which had so wounded her. "I used to think that Plantagenet worked hard when he was doing his decimal coinage; but I don't think he ever stuck to it as I have done."
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apparently
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adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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genial
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adj.亲切的,和蔼的,愉快的,脾气好的 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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determined
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n.奇迹( marvel的名词复数 );令人惊奇的事物(或事例);不平凡的成果;成就v.惊奇,对…感到惊奇( marvel的第三人称单数 ) | |
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n.承租人;房客;佃户;v.租借,租用 | |
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flirt
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v.调情,挑逗,调戏;n.调情者,卖俏者 | |
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displeased
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ministry
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fealty
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submission
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铆接( rivet的过去式和过去分词 ); 把…固定住; 吸引; 引起某人的注意 | |
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thrift
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squire
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aspirant
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relic
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bosom
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middle-aged
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adj.中年的 | |
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enlisted
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追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件 | |
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unwillingly
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promotion
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thoroughly
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coalition
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n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合 | |
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collapse
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vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷 | |
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contented
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adj.满意的,安心的,知足的 | |
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accedes
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v.(正式)加入( accede的第三人称单数 );答应;(通过财产的添附而)增加;开始任职 | |
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提及,暗指( allude的现在分词 ) | |
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precedents
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引用单元; 范例( precedent的名词复数 ); 先前出现的事例; 前例; 先例 | |
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treasury
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joint
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awe
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n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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propriety
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n.正当行为;正当;适当 | |
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fabulously
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难以置信地,惊人地 | |
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grandees
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treatise
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franchises
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n.(尤指选举议员的)选举权( franchise的名词复数 );参政权;获特许权的商业机构(或服务);(公司授予的)特许经销权v.给…以特许权,出售特许权( franchise的第三人称单数 ) | |
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opposition
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throng
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obedience
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n.服从,顺从 | |
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interpretation
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n.解释,说明,描述;艺术处理 | |
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constrained
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ascend
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retired
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backwards
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solitude
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allude
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v.提及,暗指 | |
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withers
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马肩隆 | |
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anecdote
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acting
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n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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festive
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adj.欢宴的,节日的 | |
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conclaves
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chambers
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glades
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n.林中空地( glade的名词复数 ) | |
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intimacy
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n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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swelling
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n.肿胀 | |
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anticipation
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n.预期,预料,期望 | |
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inmates
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swollen
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adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀 | |
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pouches
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n.(放在衣袋里或连在腰带上的)小袋( pouch的名词复数 );(袋鼠等的)育儿袋;邮袋;(某些动物贮存食物的)颊袋 | |
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defalcation
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dozing
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thereby
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professed
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公开声称的,伪称的,已立誓信教的 | |
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kindly
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(政治性选举的)选举权,投票权( suffrage的名词复数 ) | |
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