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Mr. Coombes was sick of life. He walked away from his unhappy home, and, sick not only of his own existence, but of everybody else’s, turned aside down Gaswork Lane
to avoid the town, and, crossing the wooden bridge that goes over the canal to Starling’s Cottages, was presently alone in the damp pinewoods and out of sight and
sound of human habitation. He would stand it no longer. He repeated aloud with blasphemies1 unusual to him that he would stand it no longer.
He was a pale-faced little man, with dark eyes and a fine and very black moustache. He had a very stiff, upright collar slightly frayed2, that gave him an illusory
double chin, and his overcoat (albeit3 shabby) was trimmed with astrachan. His gloves were a bright brown with black stripes over the knuckles4, and split at the
finger-ends. His appearance, his wife had said once in the dear, dead days beyond recall,—before he married her, that is,—was military. But now she called him— It
seems a dreadful thing to tell of between husband and wife, but she called him “a little grub.” It wasn’t the only thing she had called him, either.
327The row had arisen about that beastly Jennie again. Jennie was his wife’s friend, and, by no invitation of Mr. Coombes, she came in every blessed Sunday to dinner,
and made a shindy all the afternoon. She was a big, noisy girl, with a taste for loud colours and a strident laugh; and this Sunday she had outdone all her previous
intrusions by bringing in a fellow with her, a chap as showy as herself. And Mr. Coombes, in a starchy, clean collar and his Sunday frock-coat, had sat dumb and
wrathful at his own table, while his wife and her guests talked foolishly and undesirably6, and laughed aloud. Well, he stood that, and after dinner (which, “as usual,
” was late), what must Miss Jennie do but go to the piano and play banjo
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blasphemies
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n.对上帝的亵渎,亵渎的言词[行为]( blasphemy的名词复数 );侮慢的言词(或行为) | |
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adj.磨损的v.(使布、绳等)磨损,磨破( fray的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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conj.即使;纵使;虽然 | |
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n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝 | |
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tunes
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n.曲调,曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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respiration
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rustle
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incensed
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simultaneously
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prospect
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lank
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stylish
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cravat
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standing
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briefly
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immediate
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clumps
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n.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的名词复数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声v.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声 | |
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fungi
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n.真菌,霉菌 | |
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melancholy
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loquacious
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exasperated
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proceedings
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n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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grumbling
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blight
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n.枯萎病;造成破坏的因素;vt.破坏,摧残 | |
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vowing
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起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式) | |
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frustration
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n.挫折,失败,失效,落空 | |
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repent
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unemployed
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tragic
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culminations
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piously
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penurious
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reverted
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fungus
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n.真菌,真菌类植物 | |
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mere
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crumb
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n.饼屑,面包屑,小量 | |
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pungent
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spat
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curiously
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adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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deliberately
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adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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tingling
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astonishment
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n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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reassure
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v.使放心,使消除疑虑 | |
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delightful
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adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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judicially
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plucky
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adj.勇敢的 | |
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badinage
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n.开玩笑,打趣 | |
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fumbling
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n. 摸索,漏接 v. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理 | |
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latch
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n.门闩,窗闩;弹簧锁 | |
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adorned
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[计]被修饰的 | |
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eccentricities
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n.古怪行为( eccentricity的名词复数 );反常;怪癖 | |
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unnaturally
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adv.违反习俗地;不自然地;勉强地;不近人情地 | |
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drawn
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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shrieked
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v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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shriek
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v./n.尖叫,叫喊 | |
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petrified
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adj.惊呆的;目瞪口呆的v.使吓呆,使惊呆;变僵硬;使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词) | |
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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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dilated
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scarlet
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genial
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insanity
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bawled
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dodge
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adherent
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deserted
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thereby
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scattered
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imprison
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reticent
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irritation
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gaily
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remorse
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divers
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ballads
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interval
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velvet
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erectness
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parody
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extravagant
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meditatively
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