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The great Maestro sat at the piano, a small, square instrument. Upon it were piles of music, a bottle of Rhine wine, half emptied, a cup of black coffee, a plate of sliced garlic sausage, and a roll of black bread, peppered outside with aniseed. A bottle of ink was balanced on the music-desk, a blotted1 scroll2 of paper obscured the yellowed keyboard. As the great composer worked at the score of his new opera, he breakfasted, taking draughts3 from the bottle, bites of sausage and bread, and sips4 of coffee at discretion5. He was a quaint6, ungainly figure, with vivacious7 eyes, and his ill-fitting auburn wig8 had served him, like the right lapel of his plaid dressing-gown, for a pen-wiper for uncounted years.
The Maestro was not alone in the dusty studio to which so many people, both of the great and little worlds, sought entrance in vain. An olive-skinned youth, shabbily dressed in a gray paletot over a worn suit of black—a young fellow of sixteen, with a square, shaggy black head and a determined9 chin, the cleft10 in which was rapidly being hidden by an arriving beard—leaned against a music-stand crammed11 with portly volumes, his dark eyes anxiously fixed12 upon the old gentleman at the piano, who dipped in the ink and wrote, and wrote, and dipped in the ink, occasionally laying down the pen to strike a chord or two, in seeming forgetfulness of his visitor.
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blotted
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涂污( blot的过去式和过去分词 ); (用吸墨纸)吸干 | |
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n.卷轴,纸卷;(石刻上的)漩涡 | |
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n. <英>国际跳棋 | |
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n.小口喝,一小口的量( sip的名词复数 )v.小口喝,呷,抿( sip的第三人称单数 ) | |
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n.谨慎;随意处理 | |
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adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的 | |
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vivacious
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adj.活泼的,快活的 | |
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crammed
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adj.塞满的,挤满的;大口地吃;快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满;填入;临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式) | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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aria
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n.独唱曲,咏叹调 | |
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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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adj.(价格)飞涨的;(通货)膨胀的;言过其实的;充了气的v.使充气(于轮胎、气球等)( inflate的过去式和过去分词 );(使)膨胀;(使)通货膨胀;物价上涨 | |
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tenor
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n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意 | |
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swelled
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增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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sweeping
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adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的 | |
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flexibility
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n.柔韧性,弹性,(光的)折射性,灵活性 | |
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marred
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adj. 被损毁, 污损的 | |
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triumphant
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adj.胜利的,成功的;狂欢的,喜悦的 | |
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chuckling
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轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 ) | |
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pouting
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dangling
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悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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maiden
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n.少女,处女;adj.未婚的,纯洁的,无经验的 | |
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轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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crimson
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n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色 | |
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incorrigible
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adj.难以纠正的,屡教不改的 | |
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tune
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n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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mischievous
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adj.调皮的,恶作剧的,有害的,伤人的 | |
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rehearsal
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n.排练,排演;练习 | |
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baton
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n.乐队用指挥杖 | |
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tilted
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v. 倾斜的 | |
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demure
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adj.严肃的;端庄的 | |
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demurely
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adv.装成端庄地,认真地 | |
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aged
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miraculous
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enthralled
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迷住,吸引住( enthrall的过去式和过去分词 ); 使感到非常愉快 | |
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使泛起涟漪(ripple的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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impulsively
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adv.冲动地 | |
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cherub
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n.小天使,胖娃娃 | |
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cherubs
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小天使,胖娃娃( cherub的名词复数 ) | |
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(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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apogee
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n.远地点;极点;顶点 | |
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celebrated
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laden
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adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的 | |
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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ingenuous
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adj.纯朴的,单纯的;天真的;坦率的 | |
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jealousy
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n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌 | |
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usurp
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vt.篡夺,霸占;vi.篡位 | |
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unreasonableness
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无理性; 横逆 | |
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tragic
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adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 | |
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intensity
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n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度 | |
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bouquets
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n.花束( bouquet的名词复数 );(酒的)芳香 | |
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sneer
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v.轻蔑;嘲笑;n.嘲笑,讥讽的言语 | |
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wither
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vt.使凋谢,使衰退,(用眼神气势等)使畏缩;vi.枯萎,衰退,消亡 | |
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feign
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vt.假装,佯作 | |
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malevolently
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exquisite
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adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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exquisitely
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adv.精致地;强烈地;剧烈地;异常地 | |
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voracious
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adj.狼吞虎咽的,贪婪的 | |
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arduous
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adj.艰苦的,费力的,陡峭的 | |
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haughty
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adj.傲慢的,高傲的 | |
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impresario
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n.歌剧团的经理人;乐团指挥 | |
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shrugged
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vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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patronage
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n.赞助,支援,援助;光顾,捧场 | |
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scowling
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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scowl
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vi.(at)生气地皱眉,沉下脸,怒视;n.怒容 | |
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scarlet
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n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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vaguely
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adv.含糊地,暖昧地 | |
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起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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defiant
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adj.无礼的,挑战的 | |
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winced
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赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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rehearsals
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n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 );排练;复述;重复 | |
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woolen
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enchanted
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scrambled
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v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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harangue
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n.慷慨冗长的训话,言辞激烈的讲话 | |
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conglomeration
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n.团块,聚集,混合物 | |
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sneered
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讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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feverish
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adj.发烧的,狂热的,兴奋的 | |
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feigned
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a.假装的,不真诚的 | |
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copiously
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champagne
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n.香槟酒;微黄色 | |
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passionate
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