怪诞案件的开端
- orange pips 橘核
- glance over 粗略的看一遍
- record 记录
- be faced by 摆在我面前的是…
- have already gained publicity 已经广为流传
- the object of sth …的题材
- baffled
v. 阻碍;使迷惑(baffle的过去式)
adj. 带有挡板的 - clear up 弄清楚
- conjecture n. 推测;猜想
- surmise n. 推测;猜度
- be dear to sb 某人所珍视的
- give some account of sth 叙述sth
- furnish vt. 提供;供应;装备
- retain records 保留记录
- warehouse
n. 仓库;货栈;大商店
vt. 储入仓库;以他人名义购进(股票)