《苔丝》词汇: strait, contrivance, foreboding, inimical, stupor, effete, discordant,
The fire in the grate looked impish, demoniacally funny, as if it did not care in the least about her strait.
壁炉里的残火看起来顽皮，像魔鬼一样滑稽，似乎一点也不关心她的困境。（第35章）
今日英语单词: perfect storm, internecine, culpability, cavalier, shock absorber, in tandem, in passing, crowd sb/sth out, parochial, caprice, inimical, bereft
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