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Words

  • vulgarity
  • pretension
  • matrimonial
  • whiz

Expressions

  1. Florentino Ariza tried to help her unfasten her stays, but she ________(先他人一步做某事) him with a deft maneuver.

  2. When the troops of General Gaitan Obeso were defeated after a sixty-three-day siege, she rebuilt the house that had been damaged by cannon fire, adding a beautiful ________(海景露台) that ________(俯视着) the ________(防波堤) where the surf would vent its fury during the stormy season.

  3. It was Transito Ariza who took control of the situation and sent the widow to her son’s bedroom ________(以...为借口) there was no space in hers, but actually in the hope that another love would cure him of the one that did not allow him to live.

  4. It was ________(某人值得赞扬) that she ________(对他的字字句句都悉数听从).

  5. She did it with so much joy, and with such ________(慢而稳的/有节奏的) pauses, that each of her gestures seemed to be saluted by the cannon of the attacking troops, which ________(振得整座城都垮了).

  6. She did not ________(允许自己产生悔恨这种庸俗的想法). On the contrary, kept awake by the gunfire whizzing over the roofs, she continued to ________(回忆) her husband’s excellent qualities until day break.

  7. On only one occasion did she ________(濒临...的边缘) of public scandal, when the rumor circulated that Archbishop Dante de Luna had not died by accident after eating a plate of poisonous mushrooms but had eaten them intentionally because she threatened to expose him if he persisted in his sacrilegious solicitations.