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all hill 土石堆,土崗,土丘 ? a burial mound 墳堆 (2) a large pile of ? a mound of papers on my desk ? Simile, paring Petey in the fur coat to a large pile of dead raccoons. Back Page 14 ?I rose from my chair. “ Is it a deal?” I asked, extending my hand. () ?deal: (American slang) an uhical transaction or agreement from which both parties benefit, specifically, the securing of favored treatment by extortion(敲詐 ) or bribery ?Is it a bargain? Back Page 15 ? I had my first date with Polly the following evening. () ?I had my first social engagement (outing) with Polly the next evening. Back Page 16 ?This was in the nature of a survey。 aspect 問題等的方面,部分 ?There is another dimension to this problem which you haven’ t considered. Back Page 23 ? This loomed as a project of no small dimensions, and at first I was tempted to give her back to Petey. () ?To teach her to think appeared to be a rather big task and in the beginning I would like to return her to Petey. Back Page 24 ? But then I got to thinking about her abundant physical charms and about the way she entered a room and the way she handled a knife and fork, and I decided to make an effort. () ? got to: (Americanism) began to, started to ?physical charms: beautiful face and figure ?way she entered a room: carriage and poise of bearing ?way she handled a knife and fork: refined table manners ?The narrator recapitulates (repeat) Polly’ s good points or those qualities which made the narrator choose Polly as his future wife. Back Page 25 ? I gave her a course in logic. It happened that I, as a law student, was taking a course in logic myself, so I had all the facts at my finger tips. () ?I gave her a course in logic: I taught her logic systematically. ?I had all the facts at my finger tips: I was pletely familiar with all the facts. ?have at one’ s finger tips: to be pletely familiar with。 achieve much success Back Page 28 ? We went to the Knoll, the campus trysting place, and we sat down under an old oak, and she looked at me expectantly. What are we going to talk about? she asked. () ? Knoll: the name of the campus meeting place. Perhaps it was given this name because it was a small mound or hillock. ? trysting place: meeting place, esp. where lovers meet secretly ? It is an implied allusion to Robin Hood, whose trysting place was under a huge oak tree in Sherwood forest. Robin Hood, in