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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?你有多少现金？HowarewefixedforSaturday?星期六我们怎么安排的？fixsbwithalook/stare/gaze定睛凝视某人fixonsb/sth选定····，决定····fixsthonsth/sb集中（目光、注意力、思想等）于fixsthup修理；装饰；准备好fixsbup(withsb)给···介绍（男友、女友）fixsbupwithsth向某人提供；安顿fixsth(up)forsb安排；组织fixsthforsb=fixsbsth提供；准备（尤指食物）alternativen:athingthatyoucanchoosetodoorhaveoutoftwoormorepossibilities可供选择的事物adj:1.thatyoucanusedinsteadofsth可供替代的2.differentfromtheusualortraditionalwayinwhichsthisdone非传统的，另类的bulbous:roundandfatinanuglyway圆胖难看的countenance:aperson'sfaceortheirexpression面容，脸色，面部表情Q:whydidtheDukeandthedetectivehavethoserecations?boththeDukeandOgilviethoughttheDuchesshadrefusedtheoffertheDukefeltveryuneasyforhe'dratherpaythemoneytokeepOgilviequietandOwastakenbysurprise,andbecamekindofangrybecausehethoughthisplanfailedandhecouldn'tgetthemoneyhewanted,andhehadtoprotestandthreatenheragain.rivet:metalpinforfastenplates铆钉toholdorfastenwithorasifwithrivets固定imperious:exceptingpeopletoobeyyouandtreatingthemasiftheyarenotasimportantasyou专/蛮横的，盛气凌人的thiswordisrelatedtoimperial.feature:anyofthenoticeablepartsofthefacesetinamold:mold:particulartypeofaperson'scharacter.whenyoutakeaphoto,yousetyourbody,contenance....inacertainway.Thatistosetinamold.Herhandsome,high-cheekbonedfeaturesweresetinawaywhichshowsherimperialcharacter.她目光紧紧盯住他的脸，同时她那漂亮、高颧骨的俏脸上展出一副霸道的神态.我们即使付钱给你也得不到什么好处，顶多也只是拖延几天时间罢了。Eyesboredintohim:bore:makeaholein钻孔look

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himsteadily,sharplyandsearchinglyswallow:torefrainfromretortingbecausehewassomewhatcoweredbytheDuchess.sullen:silentlybad-tempered,gloomy阴沉的，不高兴的herownsmallnessofmind:herownmeannessorweaknessofmind气量小Q:y?Becausewhatsheisabouttodomaybeextremelysignificanttoherandherhusband.shehastotakeabigchance,todosthdaring,soshemustn'tmakeanymistakesinherplan,orwaverinmindandshowindecisionordealwiththesituationcarelesslyduetosmall-mindednessstakeandbidaregamblingtermsyouhadtopaythehighestpricewhenyourreputationandcareerwereatstake(处于危险中)gambleonthefatman'sgreed:shewouldtakeachanceonthisfatman'sgreedinthissituation,sheknewquitewellthatshemustofferhimmuchmoremoneythanhewouldhaveexpectedtomakeitimpossibleforhimtorefusetodowhatshewouldaskhimtoinreturn,nomatterhowdangerousthejobmightbe.bulge:swellorbendoutward；protrudeorproject膨胀，肿胀；鼓起，隆起，突出beady:(esp．ofaneye)small，round，