By this time I was tramping the streets again. The sight of a tailor-shop gave me a sharp longing to shed my rags, and to clothe myself decently once more. Could I afford it? No; I had nothing in the world but a million pounds. So I forced myself to go on by. But soon I was drifting back again. I asked if they had a misfit suit on their hands. The fellow I spoke to nodded his head towards another fellow, and gave me no answer.
I waited till he was done with what he was doing, then he took me into a back room, and overhauled a pile of rejected suits, and selected the rattiest one for me. I put it on. It didn't fit, and wasn't in any way attractive, but it was new, and I was anxious to have it; so I said with some diffidence: "It would be an accommodation to me if you could wait some days for the money. I haven't any small change
The fellow worked up a sarcastic
He received it with a smile, one of those large smiles which goes around all over, and looks like the place where you have thrown a brick in a pond; and then in the act of his taking a glimpse of the bill this smile froze solid, and turned yellow. I never before saw a smile caught like that, in perpetuity.
相关单词:longing
longing解释:n.(for)渴望
longing例句:
Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
相关单词:spoke
spoke解释:n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
spoke例句:
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
相关单词:overhauled
overhauled解释:v.彻底检查( overhaul的过去式和过去分词 );大修;赶上;超越
overhauled例句:
Within a year the party had drastically overhauled its structure. 一年内这个政党已大刀阔斧地整顿了结构。 来自《简明英汉词典》
A mechanic overhauled the car's motor with some new parts. 一个修理工对那辆汽车的发动机进行了彻底的检修,换了一些新部件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词:sarcastic
sarcastic解释:adj.讥讽的,讽刺的,嘲弄的
sarcastic例句:
I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。
相关单词:countenance
countenance解释:n.脸色,面容;面部表情;vt.支持,赞同
countenance例句:
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。
相关单词:nettled
nettled解释:v.拿荨麻打,拿荨麻刺(nettle的过去式与过去分词形式)
nettled例句:
My remarks clearly nettled her. 我的话显然惹恼了她。
He had been growing nettled before, but now he pulled himself together. 他刚才有些来火,但现在又恢复了常态。 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
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