【生詞】
dreadfully：extremely or very much
stiffly：adv. 生硬地抡爹；頑固地槽奕；呆板地
probe：/pr??b,prob/ v. [I,T ]to ask questions in order to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know 調(diào)查甩栈；打探佳遂，探究
junky: adj. 無價值的狸页；質(zhì)量低劣的
mayonnaise:? ['me?nez] n. 蛋黃醬
rigid: ['r?d??d] adj. 嚴格的落恼；僵硬的箩退，死板的
hunch: [h?nt?] v. to raise your shoulders into a rounded shape because you are cold, anxious etc〔因寒冷、焦慮等〕聳起雙肩 hunch your shoulders?
vibrate： /va?'bre?t,ˋva?bret/ v. [I,T ] if something vibrates, or if you vibrate it, it shakes quickly and continuously with very small movements(使)顫動佳谦；(使)震動戴涝；(使)振動
rouse： /ra?z,rauz/ v. [T ] formal to wake someone who is sleeping deeply；to make someone start doing something, especially when they have been too tired or unwilling to do it
stagger：[T] to make someone feel very surprised or shocked使〔某人〕驚愕[震驚]
reasoning：n. [U ]a process of thinking carefully about something in order to make a judgment推理，推論
knock out：If something is knocked out by enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it. knock sth out of sb if a quality if knocked out of someone, they lose that quality because the situation they are in does not allow it to exist.?
sip： /s?p,s?p/ v. [I,T ]to drink something slowly, taking very small mouthfuls
intently：adv. 專心地啥刻；一心一意地奸鸯；心無旁騖地
be around/put in an appearance：露面
sane：able to think in a normal and reasonable way 心智健全的，神志正常的
shrug：v. 聳肩
demon:? ['dim?n] n. 惡魔可帽；魔鬼
out of the way: 消亡娄涩；死亡;已被處置的，已解決的
a holy terror: informal someone, especially a child, who causes problems for other people搗蛋鬼映跟，頑皮的小孩
retiring: someone who is retiring does not want to be with other people, especially people they do not know
cow: If someone is cowed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated. 脅迫; 恐嚇
turn to jelly: to suddenly feel weak because you are frightened, nervous, or ill
have the guts (to do sth):? have courage and determination to do
petrified: extremely frightened, especially so frightened that you cannot move or think. [+ of]
pluck up (the) courage (to do sth): to force yourself to be brave and do something you are afraid of doing
steel oneself to do: to prepare yourself to do something that you know will be unpleasant or upsetting 使自己準備應(yīng)付〔不愉快的事〕
snug: a room, building, or space that is snug is small, warm, and comfortable, and makes you feel protected〔房間蓄拣、建筑或空間〕小而溫暖舒適的，安適的
indefinitely: adv. 不確定地努隙，無限期地
be good off: be rich
be in trust:〔為未成年者代管金錢或財產(chǎn)的〕信托球恤，托管
no prizes for guessing sth: spoken used to say that it is very easy to guess something 某事一猜就知
will: n. 遺囑
kin: n. [plural 復(fù)數(shù)] informal your family. next of kin: formal your most closely related family最近的親屬曙旭，直系親屬
make a fight : 奮力抗爭
【值得學(xué)習(xí)的表達】
Her shoulders werehunched uphigh and her lips were pressed together tight and she sat there gripping her mug of tea in both hands and staring down into it as though searching for a way to answer these not-quite-so-innocent questions.
She could feel the tension growing and growing in the room.
The voice she was hearing was surely crying out for help.
It's tucked away in the woods behind the hills.
She had all the powers of a parent over me.
One must never think things like that without proof.
cup the mug in her hands =clasp the mug=grip the mug
There was no question of that.
I was by then dominated by my aunt to such an extent that I wouldn't have dared.
All at once Matilda was able to see the whole situation with absolute clarity.
But my aunt produced a piece of paper supposedly written by my father saying that he
leaves the house to his sister-in-law in return for her kindness in looking after me.
Couldn't you hire a good lawyer and make a fight of it.
She has a lot of influence.
