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“He is a constant visitor,” observed Lady Millebrook.
“And a constant friend,” said Mrs. Tollebranch. A delicate flush mantled1 on her otherwise ivory cheek, her great gray eyes, famed for their far-away, saintly expression, shone through a gleaming veil of tears. With the lithe2, undulating movement so characteristic of her, she crossed the velvety3 carpets to the window, and, lifting a corner of her silken blind, peeped out over her window-boxes of jonquils as the hall-door closed, and a well-dressed man with a slight stoop and a worn, dyspeptic countenance4 went slowly down the doorsteps and got into his cab. As though some subtle magnetic thrill had conveyed to him the knowledge that fair eyes looked on his departure, he glanced up and bowed, for one moment becoming a younger man, as a temporary glow suffused6 his pallid7 features. Then the cab drove off, and Mrs. Tollebranch, slipping her hand within the arm of Lady Millebrook, drew her back to her cosy8 seat within the radius9 of the fire-glow, and rang for tea.
“I did not have it up while poor Cadminster was here,” she explained. “The sight of Sally Lunn is horrible to him, and he is positively10 forbidden tea.”
“They say,” said Lady Millebrook, nibbling12 the Sally Lunn, “that he lives upon gluten biscuits, lean boiled mutton, and white fish, washed down by weak Medoc, mixed with hot water.”
“It is true,” returned her friend.
“And yet he dines out. I meet him comparatively often at other people’s tables,” said Lady Millebrook. 108“And here—invariably.” Her
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adj. 像天鹅绒的, 轻软光滑的, 柔软的 | |
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n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同 | |
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cosy
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n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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v.啃,一点一点地咬(吃)( nibble的现在分词 );啃出(洞),一点一点咬出(洞);慢慢减少;小口咬 | |
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眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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invaluable
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gratitude
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perfectly
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robust
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hardy
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digestion
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chivalry
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n.骑士气概,侠义;(男人)对女人彬彬有礼,献殷勤 | |
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dissuade
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v.劝阻,阻止 | |
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v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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constrainedly
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reconciliation
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hearsay
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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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严格( rigor的名词复数 ); 严酷; 严密; (由惊吓或中毒等导致的身体)僵直 | |
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imprisonment
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aged
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crimson
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complexion
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n.肤色;情况,局面;气质,性格 | |
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mused
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恳求或乞求(某人)( implore的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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flirtation
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n.调情,调戏,挑逗 | |
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mischief
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n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹 | |
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auspices
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jaws
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adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的 | |
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boulders
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n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 );巨砾;(受水或天气侵蚀而成的)巨石;漂砾 | |
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affinity
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n.亲和力,密切关系 | |
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kindled
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(使某物)燃烧,着火( kindle的过去式和过去分词 ); 激起(感情等); 发亮,放光 | |
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follies
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罪恶,时事讽刺剧; 愚蠢,蠢笨,愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 ) | |
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libertine
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n.淫荡者;adj.放荡的,自由思想的 | |
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moss
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agates
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n.玛瑙( agate的名词复数 );玛瑙制(或装有玛瑙的)工具; (小孩玩的)玛瑙纹玩具弹子;5。5磅铅字 | |
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defiance
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insanity
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n.疯狂,精神错乱;极端的愚蠢,荒唐 | |
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desecrate
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postscript
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folly
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妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的第三人称单数 ) | |
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adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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penitent
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v.询问( interrogate的过去式和过去分词 );审问;(在计算机或其他机器上)查询 | |
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