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　　17. blaze: to burn with a bright flame<br />
A wood fire was blazing, but there was no other light in the room.<br />
n. the sudden sharp shooting up of a flame, a very bright fire<br />
The fire burned slowly at first, but soon burst into a blaze.<br />
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　　18. sweet gum tree: a large North American tree of the witch hazel (榛子) family, with alternate maplelike leaves, spiny (多刺的) fruit balls, and flagrant juice<br />
美洲金缕梅, 落叶灌木或小乔木. 原产于北美和亚洲. 其分叉小枝从前用为魔杖, 这寻找地下水, 故俗称魔杖.<br />
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　　19. dingy: dirty and faded<br />
A building or place that is dingy is rather dark and depressing and does not seem to have been well looked after,.<br />
This is the dingiest street of the town.<br />
Clothes, curtains, etc. that are dingy are dirty or faded. <br />
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　　20. raise: to collect together<br />
raise an army / raise enough money for a holiday<br />
His wife raised the money by selling her jewellery.<br />
We’re trying to raise funds to establish a scholarship.<br />
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　　21. underneath: (so as to go) under (sth..)<br />
The letter was pushed underneath the door.<br />
Did you find very much growing underneath the snow?<br />
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(Here it suggests a repressive and imposing quality in her voice.)<br />
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　　22. make-believe: a state of pretending or the things which are pretended<br />
She lives in a make-believe world / a world of make-believe.<br />
Don’t be afraid of monster - the story’s only make-believe.<br />
The little girl made believe she was a princess. <br />
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　　23. shove: to push, esp. in a rough or careless way<br />
There was a lot of pushing and shoving to get on the bus. <br />
Help me to shove this furniture aside.<br />
If you shove sb. or sth., you push them with a quick, rather, violent movement.<br />
He dragged her out to the door and shoved her into the street. <br />
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　　24. dimwit: (infml) an ignorant and stupid person<br />
dim: faint, not bright <br />
wit: intelligence, wisdom<br />
at one’s wit’s end: at the end of one’s tether<br />
　　25. organdy: (Br. E organdie) very fine transparent muslin (麦斯林纱, 平纹细布) with a stiff finish (最后一层涂饰), very fine rather stiff cotton material used esp. for women’s dresses<br />
(蝉翼纱, 玻璃纱)<br />
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　　26. pump: low shoe that grips the foot chiefly at the toe and the heel <br />
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　　27. stare down any disaster in her efforts: face up and defeat any disaster with her efforts<br />
stare down: two people looking at each other persistently until one shifts his eye<br />
　　28. flicker: to move backwards and forwards unsteadily<br />
shadows flickered on the wall<br />
flickering eyelids<br />
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　　29. stumble: to stop and /or make mistakes in speaking or reading aloud<br />
to catch the foot on the ground while moving along and start to fall<br />
She stumble at/over the long word<br />
He stumbled and stopped reading.<br />
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stammer: to speak or say with pauses and repeated sounds, either habitually or because of excitement, fear, etc.<br />
stammerer<br />
stutter: to speak or say with difficulty in producing sounds, esp. habitually holding back the first consonant.<br />
stutterer<br />
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　　30. good-naturedly: naturally kind, ready to help, to forgive, not to be angry<br />
A person or animal that is good-natured is naturally friendly and does not easily get angry.<br />
a good-natured policeman <br />
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　　31. mossy: <br />
moss: any of several types of a small flat green or yellow flowerless plant that grows in a thick furry mass on wet soil, or on a wet surface<br />
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　　32. hook: to catch with or as if with a hook<br />
to hook a fish / a rich husband<br />
hooknose<br />
Here: to attack with the horn of the cow<br />
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　　33. soothe: to make less angry, excited or anxious, comfort or calm, to make less painful<br />
soothing words<br />
soothe one’s feelings <br />
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　　34. shingle: a small thin piece of building material (such as wood) often with one end thicker than the other for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of building<br />
cf: tile; a flat or curved piece of fired clay, stone, or concrete used esp. for roofs, floors, or walls and often for ornamental work<br />
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　　35. porthole: also port, a small usu. circular window or opening in a ship for light or air<br />
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　　36. shutter: a. one that shuts<br />
b. movable cover (wooden panel or iron plate, hinged, or separate and detachable) for a window or door, to keep out light or burglars. <br />
cf: Venetian blinds<br />
The shop front is fitted with rolling shutters.<br />
c. device that opens to admit light through the lens of a camera<br />
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　　37. pasture: land where grass is grown and where cattle feed on it<br />
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　　38. furtive: stealthy, If sb. is furtive, he / she behaves as if he / she wants to keep sth. secret or hidden<br />
They suddenly looked furtive when I got into the room.<br />
I watched him furtively pencil a note and slip it between the pages.<br />
A woman with furtive look sidled up to me and asked furtively whether I had / wanted receipts.<br />
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　　39. hang about: to wait or stay near a place without purpose or activity<br />
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　　40. washday: also washing day, the day when clothes are washed<br />
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　　41. impressed with her: impressed by her manner, <br />
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　　42. well-turned: (of a phrase) carefully formed and pleasantly expressed<br />
a well-turned phrase: 恰当的词语<br />
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　　43. cute: delightfully pretty and often small<br />
If you describe sb. as cute you mean that you find them attractive, often in a sexual way <br />
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　　44. scald: to burn with hot liquid<br />
He scalded his tongue on / with the hot coffee<br />
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scalding: boiling or as hot as boiling<br />
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court: If a man courts a woman, he pays a lot of attention to her because he wants to marry her.<br />
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　　45. flashy: over-ornamented, unpleasantly big, bright, etc. and perhaps not of good quality Something that is flashy is so smart, bright and expensive that you find it unpleasant and perhaps vulgar <br />
a flashy sports car / cheap flashy clothes<br />
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　　46. recompose: <br />
compose: to make (esp. oneself) calm, quiet, etc.<br />
Jean was nervous at first but soon composed herself.<br />
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　　47. kinky: (esp. of hair) having kinks <br />
kink: a backward turn or twist in hair, a rope, chain, pipe, etc.<br />
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　　48. wriggle: to twist from side to side<br />
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　　49. loud: attracting attention by being unpleasantly colourful<br />
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　　50. rope: (of 2 or more mountain climbers) to be fastened together with the same rope<br />
(I think the word here means the plaits or the pigtails are fastened together<br />
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　　51. gliding: to move noiselessly in a smooth, continuous manner, which seems easy and without effort<br />
glider: a plane without an engine <br />
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　　52. something of a(n)... : (infml) rather a(n), a fairly good<br />
You use the expression something of in the following ways. If you say that a person or thing has something of a particular quality, feeling, etc., you mean that they have it to some extent.<br />
If you say that a person is something of an actor, something of a poet, etc., you mean that the person can act, write poetry, etc. to some extent<br />
Dr. Mitra, a scholar and something of a philosopher<br />
If you say that a situation is something of a mystery / a surprise, etc., you mean that it is slightly mysterious, slightly surprising<br />
He is something of a book collector / a liar / a musician.<br />
I am something of a carpenter myself, you know.<br />
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make sth. of oneself: be successful<br />
He is a clever boy--- I hope he'll make sth. of himself.<br />
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　　53. peek: (infml) to look at sth. quickly, esp. when one should not<br />
They caught him peeking through the hole at what was going on in the room<br />
peep: to look at sth. quickly and secretly<br />
It’s rude to peep at other people’s work.<br />
He took a peep at the back of the book to find out the answers to the questions.<br />
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Peek &amp; Peep are not clearly distinguishable when denoting to see what is concealed, or hidden.<br />
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peer: to look very carefully or hard, esp. as if not able to see well<br />
She peered through the mist, trying to find the right path.<br />
He peered at me over the top of his glasses.<br />
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　　54. stoop: to bend the head and shoulders forwards and down<br />
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　　55. cower: to bend low and draw back as from fear, pain, shame, cold etc.<br />
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　　56. go through motions with Maggie’s hand: <br />
Here “motions” refer to trying to shake hands with Maggie.<br />
If you go through the motions, you say or do sth. that is expected of you without being very sincere or serious about it. Or you pretend to do sth. by making the movements associated with a particular action.<br />
The doctor was sure that the man wasn’t ill, but he went through the motions of examining him.<br />
I can go through the motions of putting imaginary food i