Words
stampede | disperse in a wild stampedemiserlinessdecrepitude
Expressions
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After a good deal of thought as he
________(梦游/稀里糊涂地做事)through the deserted city, it occurred to him that he could do no better than Prudencia Pitre,________(二夫寡妇), who was younger than he. -
As soon as they had passed by Prudencia Pitre’s balcony, a little after midday, the deluge came and the funeral procession
________(四处逃窜). -
She knew that it would not be easy to
________(屈服于某事)his miserliness, or the foolishness of his premature appearance of age, or his maniacal sense of order, or his eagerness to ask for everything and give nothing at all in return, but despite all this, no man was better company because no other man in the world was so in need of love. -
Although he almost never had more than two glasses of wine, Florentino Ariza still had not
________(缓口气)after the third. -
Filled with sudden terror because of
________(令人胆颤的一针见血), he________(字面意思偷偷从后门溜出，引申为找个台阶下): “I am speaking of you.” -
She said: “You do that only when you are looking for someone to cry with.” Florentino Ariza
________(缴械投降). -
The night was over, for he did not dare to play forbidden games with a woman who had proven too many times that
________(她了解月之暗面 [引申为神秘未知的事物]). -
She had been awakened from her siesta by the thundering artillery that made the earth tremble, by the dissonances of the marching bands,
________(混乱的葬礼哀歌)over the clamoring bells in all the churches, which had been ringing without pause since the previous day. -
They had first met in the last century, and if they stopped meeting it was because she refused to allow anyone to
________(看到她那时候的样子), half blind and________(濒临)decrepitude. -
Although she never ever hinted at it, she would have
________(出卖自己的灵魂/做昧良心的事)to marry him.