from the groom of her ladyship's chamber: serving the Countess, as the custom commonly was in his boyhood, as page, waiting at her chair, bringing her scented water and the silver basin after dinner−−sitting on her carriage−step on state occasions, or on public days introducing her...
We are not sure if it's his depression that is lifting now that it's been over a year since he lost so much and he is finally getting accustomed to being the lone wolf and being able to navigate without sight, etc. No matter what it is, he is in better overall spirits. His anxie...
By 1952, the Buick Roadmaster had many of the aesthetic hallmarks of early 1950s Buicks—the famous grill, the hood ornament that suggested a gun sight, and porthole. To make the Roadmaster stand out, Buick produced the car in six colors only available in that model. There was a lot of...
Instead I improvised this plan: hang on for dear life and try to keep that pacer, carrying his stupid little stick with a balloon on it, in sight, and in case of emergency rely on that slender cushion of seconds. Bingo, there was mile 21. Five to go. At thi...
having survived his wife by seven years. His grandchildren remembered him as a stoop-shouldered, blue-eyed old man, with horny hands forever gathering highway pebbles into capacious coat pockets and lodging the same in some rut farther along his farm front; or, dim of sight, rising from his...
The sight of this fortunate and adorable youth was familiar enough to the butcher-boy, but the thing he did startled and shocked that poor little workingman almost as much as if his idol had committed a capital crime right before his very eyes. For the Judge’s son suddenly let a look ...
22 remains n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 参考例句: He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。 23 constable n.(英国)警察,警官 参考例句: The constable conducted the suspect to the police station.警官把嫌疑...
At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。 I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地,仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。 45 pessimist n.悲观者;悲观主义者;厌世 参考例句: An optimist laughs to forget.A pessimist forgets to...
Sunday, November 22, 2015 Cruisin’ We finally bit the bullet and bought a GO PRO camera! We had been waiting so long to see what Henry looks like to passersby as he rides with his head out the window. While this was our first try at mounting the camera on the car, it is not ...
I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.我无法相信这么显眼的一出喜剧能够欺骗谁。 His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.他管理的傲慢作风在他对待秘书的态度上表露无遗。 120 worthy adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的 参考例句: I did...