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CHAPTER XLVII
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We spent a few pleasant restful days at Geneva, that delightful1 city where accurate time-pieces are made for all the rest of the world, but whose own clocks never give the correct time of day by any accident.
Geneva is filled with pretty shops, and the shops are filled with the most enticing2 gimcrackery, but if one enters one of these places he is at once pounced3 upon, and followed up, and so persecuted4 to buy this, that, and the other thing, that he is very grateful to get out again, and is not at all apt to repeat his experiment. The shopkeepers of the smaller sort, in Geneva, are as troublesome and persistent5 as are the salesmen of that monster hive in Paris, the Grands Magasins du Louvre—an establishment where ill-mannered pestering6, pursuing, and insistence7 have been reduced to a science.
In Geneva, prices in the smaller shops are very elastic—that is another bad feature. I was looking in at a window at a very pretty string of beads8, suitable for a child. I was only admiring them; I had no use for them; I hardly ever wear beads. The shopwoman came out and offered them to me for thirty-five francs. I said it was cheap, but I did not need them.
“Ah, but monsieur, they are so beautiful!”
I confessed it, but said they were not suitable for one of my age and simplicity9 of character. She darted10 in and brought them out and tried to force them into my hands, saying:
“Ah, but only see how lovely they are! Surely monsieur will take them; monsieur shall have them for thirty francs. There, I have said it—it is a loss, but one must live.”
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delightful
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| adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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pounced
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| v.突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 );猛扑;一眼看出;抓住机会(进行抨击) | |
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persecuted
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| (尤指宗教或政治信仰的)迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的过去式和过去分词 ); 烦扰,困扰或骚扰某人 | |
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persistent
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pestering
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| 使烦恼,纠缠( pester的现在分词 ) | |
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beads
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| n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链 | |
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simplicity
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| n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
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darted
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dangled
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butt
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embarrassment
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tangle
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crooked
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sarcastic
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jewelry
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| n.(jewllery)(总称)珠宝 | |
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apparently
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brutality
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brutal
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sipping
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deliberately
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fouling
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intentional
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afterward
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motive
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indifference
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averse
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molested
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accosted
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baker
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obstructs
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| 阻塞( obstruct的第三人称单数 ); 堵塞; 阻碍; 阻止 | |
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compartment
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bakers
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parlor
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gallows
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trumpeting
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| 大声说出或宣告(trumpet的现在分词形式) | |
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forth
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odious
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aged
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quaint
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| adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的 | |
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drowsy
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| adj.昏昏欲睡的,令人发困的 | |
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reposeful
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| adj.平稳的,沉着的 | |
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reigned
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| vi.当政,统治(reign的过去式形式) | |
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unbearable
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| adj.不能容忍的;忍受不住的 | |
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gracefully
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| ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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graceful
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| adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的 | |
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antiquated
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| adj.陈旧的,过时的 | |
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hogs
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| n.(尤指喂肥供食用的)猪( hog的名词复数 );(供食用的)阉公猪;彻底地做某事;自私的或贪婪的人 | |
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regiment
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battered
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profusely
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ponderous
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linen
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| n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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propping
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| 支撑 | |
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majestic
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| adj.雄伟的,壮丽的,庄严的,威严的,崇高的 | |
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coffin
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| n.棺材,灵柩 | |
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bullied
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| adj.被欺负了v.恐吓,威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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provocation
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sobs
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| 啜泣(声),呜咽(声)( sob的名词复数 ) | |
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shameful
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bully
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| 哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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subdued
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humble
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transcends
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| 超出或超越(经验、信念、描写能力等)的范围( transcend的第三人称单数 ); 优于或胜过… | |
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lavishly
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prodigious
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arcade
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piers
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spacious
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inviting
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populous
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ornaments
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costly
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complexions
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| 肤色( complexion的名词复数 ); 面色; 局面; 性质 | |
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lustrous
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culling
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copper
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predecessors
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animated
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spoke
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squandering
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retired
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