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Mrs. Chester's fair was so very elegant and select that it was considered a great honor by the young ladies of the neighborhood to be invited to take a table, and every one was much interested in the matter. Amy was asked, but Jo was not, which was fortunate for all parties, as her elbows were decidedly akimbo at this period of her life, and it took a good many hard knocks to teach her how to get on easily. The "haughty1, uninteresting creature" was let severely2 alone; but Amy's talent and taste were duly complimented by the offer of the art-table, and she exerted herself to prepare and secure appropriate and valuable contributions to it.
Everything went on smoothly3 till the day before the fair opened; then there occurred one of the little skirmishes which it is almost impossible 366 to avoid, when some five and twenty women, old and young, with all their private piques4 and prejudices, try to work together.
May Chester was rather jealous of Amy because the latter was a greater favorite than herself, and, just at this time, several trifling5 circumstances occurred to increase the feeling. Amy's dainty pen-and-ink work entirely6 eclipsed May's painted vases,—that was one thorn; then the all-conquering Tudor had danced four times with Amy, at a late party, and only once with May,—that was thorn number two; but the chief grievance7 that rankled8 in her soul, and gave her an excuse for her unfriendly conduct, was a rumor9 which some obliging gossip had whispered to her, that the March girls had made fun of her at the Lambs'. All the blame of this should have fallen upon Jo, for her naughty imitation had been too lifelike to escape detection, and the
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haughty
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adj.傲慢的,高傲的 | |
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frolicsome
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ridicule
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bland
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expediency
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sarcasm
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gracefully
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kindly
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sweeping
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apron
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disconsolately
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determined
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artistically
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阻碍者( hindrance的名词复数 ); 障碍物; 受到妨碍的状态 | |
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(人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤 | |
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喜鹊(magpie的复数形式) | |
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apprehensions
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retaliate
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reminder
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rebuke
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virtue
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skilful
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deserted
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bouquet
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droop
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rattling
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longing
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blithe
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zeal
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afterward
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thorny
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philandering
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v.调戏,玩弄女性( philander的现在分词 ) | |
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conspirators
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wilderness
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apparently
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gallantly
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adv. 漂亮地,勇敢地,献殷勤地 | |
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breach
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gratitude
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sprightly
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propriety
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meekly
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sundry
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witty
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promptly
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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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paternal
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filigree
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混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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parlor
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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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docile
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abominable
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