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XIII “COMING OUT”
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The modern débutante looks forward with no little anxiety to her “Coming Out.” It is naturally quite an event for, veritably, she is imprisoned1, as it were, by the conventions which do not permit her to take her place among the friends of the inner circle until she has been formally presented by her “coming out.”
So, the prisoners of war, even after the Armistice2, were withheld3 from their friends until the “coming out,” which consisted of the formalities of turning the prisoners over to their friends. Naturally, it was quite an event. But, believe me, no débutante could possibly anticipate her “coming out” with the keenness and anxiety that the American prisoners of war could theirs. We, too, had planned it all—of course, not so much as to the clothes we would wear, but more especially as to the things we would eat.
Several days previous to the signing of the Armistice, we heard that the people of Bavaria had revolted, and that the will of the “Soldiers and Workmen” was paramount4. Although locked in the confines of a prison camp, the proverbial little bird told us that something was in the air—indeed, one 277felt it in the atmosphere—for, if a new republic was formed, they were certainly not the enemies of the United States, so we would indeed soon be “coming out.”
The regulation cap of the German officer and soldier is adorned5 by two buttons in the front center—the top and larger button having the colors of the Imperial German Government in the form of a miniature cocarde, while the lower and smaller button is made up of the colors of the German State from which the officer or soldier hails. Thus, all the soldiers at our camp had the large German button and the smaller one of green and white, the colors of the State of Bavaria.
One day, around the first of November, we noticed that all the officers and soldiers of the camp, including the hardboiled Prussian Captain, had taken off the prominent German button. Then there was a definite certainty that the revolution was on. We did not know how loyal to the new Government the soldiers were going to be, and we were rather concerned as to what the attitude of the new Bavarian Republic would be toward us, for we had heard nothing about our release. All sorts of 
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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     imprisoned 
      
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| 下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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     armistice 
      
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     paramount 
      
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     adorned 
      
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     rumors 
      
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     momentous 
      
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     oratory 
      
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| n.演讲术;词藻华丽的言辞 | |
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     decided 
      
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     influential 
      
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     bloody 
      
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     monarchy 
      
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| n.君主,最高统治者;君主政体,君主国 | |
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     entirely 
      
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     inevitable 
      
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     onward 
      
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     sputtered 
      
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| v.唾沫飞溅( sputter的过去式和过去分词 );发劈啪声;喷出;飞溅出 | |
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     wholesale 
      
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     misery 
      
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     arrogance 
      
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     affected 
      
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     bunk 
      
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     humiliated 
      
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     whined 
      
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     fumigated 
      
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     fumigate 
      
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     dime 
      
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| n.(指美国、加拿大的钱币)一角 | |
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     thoroughly 
      
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     guise 
      
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     exchequer 
      
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     outright 
      
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     dwindling 
      
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     sergeant 
      
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     compartment 
      
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| n.卧车包房,隔间;分隔的空间 | |
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     habitual 
      
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     liar 
      
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     victorious 
      
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     deceptions 
      
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| 欺骗( deception的名词复数 ); 骗术,诡计 | |
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     undoubtedly 
      
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     defensive 
      
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     prospect 
      
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     prospects 
      
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     bluff 
      
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     allied 
      
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| adj.协约国的;同盟国的 | |
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     hip 
      
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| n.臀部,髋;屋脊 | |
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     belligerent 
      
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     warfare 
      
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     purely 
      
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     sarcastically 
      
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     den 
      
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| n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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     utterances 
      
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     congestion 
      
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     pal 
      
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     bawled 
      
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| v.大叫,大喊( bawl的过去式和过去分词 );放声大哭;大声叫出;叫卖(货物) | |
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     hostilities 
      
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     standing 
      
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     mattresses 
      
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     anticipation 
      
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     artillery 
      
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     juggling 
      
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     laterally 
      
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     mighty 
      
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     peeved 
      
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     pandemonium 
      
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     demonstration 
      
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     ravenous 
      
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     pointed 
      
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     salvation 
      
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| n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困 | |
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     appreciation 
      
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     austere 
      
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     navigate 
      
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     sniffs 
      
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     sniffed 
      
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     sardine 
      
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     distinguished 
      
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     spoke 
      
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     lieutenant 
      
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| n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
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     buck 
      
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| n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃 | |
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     fixed 
      
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     puff 
      
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     condescended 
      
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| 屈尊,俯就( condescend的过去式和过去分词 ); 故意表示和蔼可亲 | |
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     obnoxious 
      
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| adj.极恼人的,讨人厌的,可憎的 | |
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     craved 
      
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| 渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求 | |
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     olfactory 
      
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     awfully 
      
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| n.懊悔,芸香,后悔;v.后悔,悲伤,懊悔 | |
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| adj.应募入伍的v.(使)入伍, (使)参军( enlist的过去式和过去分词 );获得(帮助或支持) | |
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     scuttle 
      
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| v.急赶,疾走,逃避;n.天窗;舷窗 | |
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     budge 
      
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| v.移动一点儿;改变立场 | |
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     depot 
      
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| n.仓库,储藏处;公共汽车站;火车站 | |
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     sentry 
      
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| n.哨兵,警卫 | |
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     jaw 
      
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| n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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     growled 
      
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| v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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