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“Why do you say that?”
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He laughed. “I’m saying it for you.”
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“Well, you can stop it right now. This isn’t a bit funny!”
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“The dream made flesh….”
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In spite of herself, she smiled. It was exactly she had thought, to the very words. “But what am I going to do?” she all but cried. “What under heaven am I going to do?…”
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● 刚才是回忆，是情感的起伏，现在又回复到现实生活来了，文字也几乎换了一种。
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● eating：用文言来说，当是“啮蚀”；译成白话，该是“伤你的脑筋”。
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● what the hell’s the matter=what is the matter。the hell为咒骂之词，但咒骂之意可强可弱，视语气而定，这里咒骂之意当然很弱。
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● Ralph called up. He’s bringing：注意时态的用法。虽然是家常谈话，也一点不可马虎。
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● to the very words：字都用得一样的。她听说那伶人要来吃饭时，曾经想到过the dream made flesh（见前面本文）。现在她丈夫也有同感，把她的思想一字不易地说出来。
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● all but cried：几乎要哭。
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● under heaven：用以加强what，别无他意。
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Her attention was drawn to a car just driving up below. The apartment was on the third floor, and she stood close to the window behind the curtains, and looked down.
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It was a Ford convertible. Her son Ralph got out, from the other side stepped a hatless youngish man in a reversible overcoat. It couldn’t be Gavin Douglas; it was certainly not Romeo. He rounded the rear of the car and disappeared with Ralph into the small foyer.
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● attention was drawn：注意力被吸引。driving up：开到门口。
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● the apartment：他们所住的那套客寓房间。
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● convertible：篷车。这一切都是从她眼睛里看到的。
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● from the other side：她的儿子从一边下车，另外一个人从另一边下车。youngish：年纪不算大。reversible overcoat：正反可穿的晴雨两用大衣（反穿就是雨衣）。
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● It couldn’t be：这样一个人怎么可能是她心目中的大情人呢？
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● rounded the rear：从车子后面绕过来。foyer：公寓房子进口的小门厅。他们两人走进来了（disappeared）。
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She heard them in the living room, heard Smith being hearty and cordial. A minute later her bedroom door opened and Ralph came in.
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“Thank God you didn’t dress up,” he said.
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“And why would I dress up?” she replied airily. “It isn’t a dinner party, after all.”
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“Come on out. Dad’s making drinks….”
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When she came into the living room, Gavin Douglas sprang up from the chair.
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