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therestOrhadthey?secondthougtthatcontradictsthefirstoneHadthey(therisk)tobetaken?TheDuchesssuddenlyrealisedthattheydidn'thavetotaketherisksofdrivingthecarnorththemselves.otherexamples:Hemustbuythatbook.Ormusthe?(hedidn'thaveto)Ifithadbeenanyoneelse,hewouldhaveagreed.Orwouldhe?(Maybenot)prettywellfixed:quiterich;wealthyHowareyoufixed(forsth)?(spoken)usedtoaskhowmuchofsthapersonhas,ortoaskaboutarrangements:你有多少····；你···的安排如何eg:howareyoufixedforcash?你有多少現(xiàn)金？HowarewefixedforSaturday?星期六我們怎么安排的？fixsbwithalook/stare/gaze定睛凝視某人fixonsb/sth選定····，決定····fixsthonsth/sb集中（目光、注意力、思想等）于fixsthup修理；裝飾；準備好fixsbup(withsb)給···介紹（男友、女友）fixsbupwithsth向某人提供；安頓fixsth(up)forsb安排；組織fixsthforsb=fixsbsth提供；準備（尤指食物）alternativen:athingthatyoucanchoosetodoorhaveoutoftwoormorepossibilities可供選擇的事物adj:1.thatyoucanusedinsteadofsth可供替代的2.differentfromtheusualortraditionalwayinwhichsthisdone非傳統(tǒng)的，另類的bulbous:roundandfatinanuglyway圓胖難看的countenance:aperson'sfaceortheirexpression面容，臉色，面部表情Q:whydidtheDukeandthedetectivehavethoserecations?boththeDukeandOgilviethoughttheDuchesshadrefusedtheoffertheDukefeltveryuneasyforhe'dratherpaythemoneytokeepOgilviequietandOwastakenbysurprise,andbecamekindofangrybecausehethoughthisplanfailedandhecouldn'tgetthemoneyhewanted,andhehadtoprotestandthreatenheragain.rivet:metalpinforfastenplates鉚釘toholdorfastenwithorasifwithrivets固定imperious:exceptingpeopletoobeyyouandtreatingthemasiftheyarenotasimportantasyou專/蠻橫的，盛氣凌人的thiswordisrelatedtoimperial.feature:anyofthenoticeablepartsofthefacesetinamold:mold:particulartypeofaperson'scharacter.whenyoutakeaphoto,yousetyourbody,contenance....inacertainway.Thatistosetinamold.Herhandsome,high-cheekbonedfeaturesweresetinawaywhichshowsherimperialcharacter.她目光緊緊盯住他的臉，同時她那漂亮、高顴骨的俏臉上展出一副霸道的神態(tài).我們即使付錢給你也得不到什么好處，頂多也只是拖延幾天時間罷了。Eyesboredintohim:bore:makeaholein鉆孔look

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himsteadily,sharplyandsearchinglyswallow:torefrainfromretortingbecausehewassomewhatcoweredbytheDuchess.sullen:silentlybad-tempered,gloomy陰沉的，不高興的herownsmallnessofmind:herownmeannessorweaknessofmind氣量小Q:y?Becausewhatsheisabouttodomaybeextremelysignificanttoherandherhusband.shehastotakeabigchance,todosthdaring,soshemustn'tmakeanymistakesinherplan,orwaverinmindandshowindecisionordealwiththesituationcarelesslyduetosmall-mindednessstakeandbidaregamblingtermsyouhadtopaythehighestpricewhenyourreputationandcareerwereatstake(處于危險中)gambleonthefatman'sgreed:shewouldtakeachanceonthisfatman'sgreedinthissituation,sheknewquitewellthatshemustofferhimmuchmoremoneythanhewouldhaveexpectedtomakeitimpossibleforhimtorefusetodowhatshewouldaskhimtoinreturn,nomatterhowdangerousthejobmightbe.bulge:swellorbendoutward；protrudeorproject膨脹，腫脹；鼓起，隆起，突出beady:(esp．ofaneye)small，round，