tear off 撕掉 例如：The front cover of the novel has been torn off.这本小说的封面已被撕掉。
B
The mother you know， she cocks him up with this and that……
可是他妈妈，你知道，总是这样那样地宠他……
cock……up 把事情弄得一团糟 例如：The travel agent completely cocked up the arrangements for our holiday.旅行社把我们假日的安排搞得一塌糊涂。
C
And Little thanks you get for it， only impudence.
而且还不得好报，得到的只是无礼的放肆。
本句是省略了It is 的强调句，可还原为“It is little thanks you get for it， only impudence”，被强调的成分是Little thanks。
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《何其相似》收录在詹姆斯·乔伊斯短片小说集《都柏林人》中。内容是一位名叫法林顿的窝囊销售员，在办公室被主管责骂，在酒吧跟一位年轻人比腕力输了，只好回家打小孩。他可怜的儿子汤姆屁股被打得皮开肉绽，只能向万福玛丽亚祈祷。
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hornet/"h：nit/n.大黄蜂
hound/hand/v.威逼，纠缠
savage/"svd/adj.脾气暴躁
revengeful/ri"ven（d）ful/adj.燃起复仇念头的
overhear/，v"h/v.无意中听到
mimic/"mmk/v.模仿
bob/bb/v.（英俚）先令
g. p.（General practitioner）n.普通医生；非专业医生
pawn/p：n/n.典当
dart/dɑ：t/n.镖；箭
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He stood in a doorway opposite the office， watching to see if the cashier would come out alone.All the clerks passed out and finally the cashier came out with the chief clerk.It was no use trying to say a word to him when he was with the chief clerk.The man felt that his position was bad enough.A He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr.Alleyne for his impertinence， but he knew what a hornet"s nest the office would be for him.He could remember the way in which Mr.Alleyne had hounded little Peake out of the office in order to make room for his own nephew.B He felt savage and thirsty and revengeful， annoyed with himself and with everyone else.Mr.Alleyne would never give him an hour"s rest；his life would be a hell to him.He had made a proper fool of himself this time.Could he not keep his tongue in his cheek？But they had never pulled together from the first， he and Mr.Alleyne， ever since the day Mr.Alleyne had overheard him mimicking his North of Lreland accent to amuse Higgins and Miss Parker；that had been the beginning of it.He might have tried Higgins for the money， but sure Higgins never had anything for himself.C A man with two establishments to keep up， of course he couldn’t……
He felt his great body again aching for the comfort of the public-house. The fog had begun to chill him and he wondered could he touch Pat in O"Neill"s.He could not touch him for more than a bob-and a bob was no use.Yet he must get money somewhere or other：he had spent his last penny for the g.p.and soon it would be too late for getting money anywhere.Suddenly， as he was fingering his watch chain， he thought of Terry Kelly"s pawn-office in Fleet Street.That was the dart！Why didn"t he think of it sooner？
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A
He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr. Alleyne for his impertinence， but he knew what a hornet"s nest the office would be for him.
因为刚才的无礼，他不得不低头向奥莱恩先生道歉，可是他知道，那样一来整个办公室会对他变成一个什么样儿的马蜂窝。
be obliged to……不得不……例如：She was obliged to go.她不得不走。
B
He felt savage and thirsty and revengeful， annoyed with himself and with everyone else.
他感到怒不可遏，口渴难忍，想进行报复，他恼恨自己，恼恨其他每个人。
be annoyed with 为……生气。例如：She was annoyed with Tom for forgetting to phone.她为汤姆忘记打电话的事情而生气。
C
A man with two establishments to keep up， of course he couldn"t……
一个人要养两个家，当然不可能……
keep up 维持，供养。例如：The house is becoming too expensive for them to keep up.他们房子的维修费用太贵，都修不起了。
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thriftless/"θriftlis/adj.浪费的
teem/ti：m/vi.充满
beget/b"ɡet/vt.产生，引起
breast/brest/n.胸
furrow/"fr/n.犁沟；车辙
plough/pla/v.耕作，犁
lustre/"lst（r）/n.光泽，光荣
udder/"d/n.（牛，羊）乳房
partridge/"pɑ：trd/n.鹧鸪
inert/"n：t/adj.迟钝的
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A So the Brangwens came and went without fear of necessity， working hard because of the life that was in them， not for want of the money.Neither were they thriftless.B They were aware of the last halfpenny， and instinct made them not waste the peeling of their apple， for it would help to feed the cattle.But heaven and earth was teeming around them， and how should this cease？They felt the rush of the sap in spring， they knew the wave which cannot halt， but every year throws forward the seed begetting， and， falling back， leaves the young-born on the earth.They knew the intercourse between heaven and earth， sunshine drawn into the breast and bowels， the rain sucked up in the daytime， nakedness that comes under the wind in autumn， showing the birds’nests no longer worth hiding.C Their life and interrelations were such；feeling the pulse and body of the soil， that opened to their furrow for the grain， and became smooth and supple after their ploughing， and clung to their feet with a weight that pulled like desire， lying hard and unresponsive when the crops were to be shorn away.The young corn waved and was silken， and the Lustre slid along the limbs of the men who saw it.They took the udder of the cows， the cows yielded milk and pulse against the hands of the men， the pulse of the blood of the teats of the cows beat into the pulse of the hands of the men.They mounted their horses， and held life between the grip of their knees， they harnessed their horses at the wagon， and， with hand on the bridle-rings， drew the heaving of the horses after their will.