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Words

  • parasol
  • ranch
  • dally

Expressions

  1. She herself had not realized that every step she took from her house to school, every spot in the city, every moment of her recent past, did not seem to exist except by the ________(FAVOR/APPROVAL) of Florentino Ariza.

  2. Gala Placidia watched from the balcony as they crossed the park with their parasols open, ________(穿着高跟鞋步履蹒跚) and pushing against the hoop skirts with their bodies as if they were ________(带小孩学步的人).

  3. He wore his ________(比赛时的裤子) and his boxing gloves and his crown, and it was not easy to photograph him because he had to ________(保持战斗姿势) for a whole minute and breathes as little as possible, but as soon as he ________(摆出防守姿势), his fans burst into cheers and he could not resist the temptation to please them by showing off his skill.

  4. When Hildebranda died on her ranch at Flores de Maria, when she was almost one hundred years old, they found her copy locked in the bedroom closet, hidden among the folds of the perfumed sheets along with ________(情思化成的化石) in a letter that had faded with time.

  5. The previous month, Fermina Daza had spoken about him, ________(以随意的方式) and with no sign of interest.

  6. But when she identified him as ________(仿佛传说故事中走出来的魅力人物一般), standing in the carriage door with one foot on the ground and the other on the ________(踏板), she could not understand her cousin’s motives.

  7. As soon as the carriage began to move, she sensed the warm odor of the leather seats, the ________(温暖气息) of the padded interior, and she said that it seemed a nice place to spend the rest of one’s life.

  8. Then both of them looked at Fermina and saw ________(她那黄鹂般的美丽身影在落日余晖下比以往任何时候都更加轮廓清晰).

  9. It was not easy for her to do because the ________(支撑物) in the corset did not allow her to bend, but Dr. Urbino dallied until she took her boots out from under her skirt with a triumphant laugh, as if she had just fished them out of a pond.

  10. Hildebranda pointed this out to her, but she did not admit it because she never would have admitted that Florentino Ariza, ________(好也罢坏也罢), was the only thing that had ever happened to her in her life.

  11. Gala Placidia helped them ________(系带子) the corset.

  12. Hildebranda was never to forget her first sight of the man who appeared on the footboard: his satin top hat, his brocaded vest, his ________(善解人意的举止), the sweetness in his eyes, ________(威严风度).