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  1. headmistress
    a woman headmaster
    And there she was, the huge figure of the Headmistress, stretched full-length on her back across the floor, out for the count.
  2. eye socket
    the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
    She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes, gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull, and her eyes had became scorching hot, hotter than ever before, and things had come bursting out of her eye-sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write.
  3. elate
    fill with high spirits
    She was feeling curiously elated.
  4. jug
    a large bottle with a narrow mouth
    Nigel, always ready for action, leapt up and seized the big jug of water.
  5. full-length
    representing or accommodating the entire length
    And there she was, the huge figure of the Headmistress, stretched full-length on her back across the floor, out for the count.
  6. tinkle
    make or emit a high sound
    It hovered for a few moments, then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two.
  7. chalk
    a soft whitish calcite
    The chalk stopped writing.
  8. gushing
    flowing profusely
    She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes, gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull, and her eyes had became scorching hot, hotter than ever before, and things had come bursting out of her eye-sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write.
  9. scorching
    hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface
    She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes, gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull, and her eyes had became scorching hot, hotter than ever before, and things had come bursting out of her eye-sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write.
  10. elated
    exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits
    She was feeling curiously elated.
  11. socket
    a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
    She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes, gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull, and her eyes had became scorching hot, hotter than ever before, and things had come bursting out of her eye-sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write.
  12. surging
    characterized by great swelling waves or surges
    She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes, gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull, and her eyes had became scorching hot, hotter than ever before, and things had come bursting out of her eye-sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write.
  13. honey
    a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
    Miss Honey ran forward and knelt beside the prostrate giant.
  14. high point
    the most enjoyable part of a given experience
    She felt as though she had touched something that was not quite of this world, the highest point of the heavens, the farthest star.
  15. sensational
    relating to elementary awareness of stimulation
    This was the most sensational bit of news of all and the entire class jumped up out of their seats to have a really good look.
  16. tipped
    departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
    "My father says cold water is the best way to wake up someone who's fainted," he said, and with that he tipped the entire contents of the jug over Trunchbull's head.
  17. farthest
    most remote in space or time or order
    She felt as though she had touched something that was not quite of this world, the highest point of the heavens, the farthest star.
  18. surge
    rise and move, as in waves or billows
    She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes, gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull, and her eyes had became scorching hot, hotter than ever before, and things had come bursting out of her eye-sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write.
  19. gush
    flow forth in a sudden stream or jet
    She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes, gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull, and her eyes had became scorching hot, hotter than ever before, and things had come bursting out of her eye-sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write.
  20. prostrate
    stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
    Miss Honey ran forward and knelt beside the prostrate giant.
  21. matron
    a married woman who is staid and dignified
    Someone go and fetch the matron at once."
  22. scorch
    burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
    She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes, gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull, and her eyes had became scorching hot, hotter than ever before, and things had come bursting out of her eye-sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write.
  23. resume
    take up or begin anew
    Wilfred, who had managed to resume his seat in the front row, screamed, "Miss Trunchbull has fallen down!
  24. hover
    hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
    It hovered for a few moments, then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two.
  25. faint
    lacking clarity, brightness, or loudness
    "She fainted!" she cried.
  26. skull
    the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
    She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes, gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull, and her eyes had became scorching hot, hotter than ever before, and things had come bursting out of her eye-sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write.
  27. Miss
    a form of address for an unmarried woman
    Wilfred, who had managed to resume his seat in the front row, screamed, "Miss Trunchbull has fallen down!
  28. motionless
    completely still
    As for Matilda, she continued to sit motionless at her desk.
  29. curiously
    in a manner differing from the usual or expected
    She was feeling curiously elated.
  30. entire
    constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
    This was the most sensational bit of news of all and the entire class jumped up out of their seats to have a really good look.
  31. break in
    intrude on uninvited
    It hovered for a few moments, then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two.
  32. seize
    take hold of; grab
    Nigel, always ready for action, leapt up and seized the big jug of water.
  33. fetch
    go or come after and bring or take back
    Someone go and fetch the matron at once."
  34. heavens
    the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
    She felt as though she had touched something that was not quite of this world, the highest point of the heavens, the farthest star.
  35. kneel
    rest one's weight on one's knees
    Miss Honey ran forward and knelt beside the prostrate giant.
  36. huge
    unusually great in amount or degree or extent or scope
    And there she was, the huge figure of the Headmistress, stretched full-length on her back across the floor, out for the count.
  37. stretch
    extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
    And there she was, the huge figure of the Headmistress, stretched full-length on her back across the floor, out for the count.
Created on 十一月 8, 2010

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