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“Send her up to the grotto1, and I will follow her,” said Adolphe. On this therefore they agreed. Now the grotto was a natural excavation2 in a high rock, which stood precipitously upright over the establishment of the baths. A steep zigzag3 path with almost never-ending steps had been made along the face of the rock from a little flower garden attached to the house which lay immediately under the mountain. Close along the front of the hotel ran a little brawling5 river, leaving barely room for a road between it and the door; over this there was a wooden bridge leading to the garden, and some two or three hundred yards from the bridge began the steps by which the ascent6 was made to the grotto.
When the season was full and the weather perfectly7 warm the place was much frequented. There was a green table in it, and four or five deal chairs; a green garden seat also was there, which however had been removed into the innermost back corner of the excavation, as its hinder legs were somewhat at fault. A wall about two feet high ran along the face of it, guarding its occupants from the precipice8. In fact it was no grotto, but a little chasm9 in the rock, such as we often see up above our heads in rocky valleys, and which by means of these steep steps had been turned into a source of exercise and amusement for the visitors at the hotel.
Standing10 at the wall one could look down into the garden, and down also upon the shining slate11 roof of Madame Bauche’s house; and to the left might be seen the sombre, silent, snow-capped top of stern old Canigou, king of mountains among those Eastern Pyrenees.
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n.曲折,之字形;adj.曲折的,锯齿形的;adv.曲折地,成锯齿形地;vt.使曲折;vi.曲折前行 | |
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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n.板岩,石板,石片,石板色,候选人名单;adj.暗蓝灰色的,含板岩的;vt.用石板覆盖,痛打,提名,预订 | |
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清除(政敌等)( purge的过去式和过去分词 ); 涤除(罪恶等); 净化(心灵、风气等); 消除(错事等)的不良影响 | |
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v.上升,攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.沉重缓慢地走(路)( plod的过去式和过去分词 );努力从事;沉闷地苦干;缓慢进行(尤指艰难枯燥的工作) | |
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eloquence
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n.雄辩;口才,修辞 | |
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誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿 | |
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passionate
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rejection
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v.征服( vanquish的过去式和过去分词 );战胜;克服;抑制 | |
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n.沟,街沟,水槽,檐槽,贫民窟 | |
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gratitude
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adj.感激,感谢 | |
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adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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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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acquiescence
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n.默许;顺从 | |
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imprinted
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v.盖印(imprint的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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chambers
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orphan
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n.孤儿;adj.无父母的 | |
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a.沉思的,冥想的 | |
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verge
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n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临 | |
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countenance
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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allusion
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perverseness
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obstinacy
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解(渴)( quench的过去式和过去分词 ); 终止(某事物); (用水)扑灭(火焰等); 将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却 | |
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