? ? ? 來到約定的地方，和哈利的教父推理了一切的怪事……
第二十七章
limelight 眾人注目的中心
tally with 和……相符合
single-handedly 獨自地，單獨地
waspishly 尖刻地
tetchy mood 不和悅的，暴躁的
reverted thereafter 還原……之后地
blown off course 軌道
at stile 臺階
sponge cake 松糕
demise 死亡
solace 安慰
emotional blow 感情上的打擊
be smitten with 被迷住了
devish 不坦誠的
vivacious 活潑的
well-wishers 祝福者
bestow his heart upon 全身投入，把……用于……
scarlet woman 不道德的女人
lose her touch 停止來往
pestle 杵
scarab beetle 圣甲蟲
press cutting 剪報
labor under the delusion of/that
=to continue to believe something that is not true 信以為真
ginger roots 生姜
pint-sized celebrity 小有成就的小鬼
feigned deafness 假裝的
Boomslang skin 非洲樹蛇皮
innermost secrets 最隱秘的
ventriloquist 口技表演者
armadillo bile 犰狳的膽汁
go to the bell 去敲鐘
lurid socks 可怕的
the scrubby patch of ground 樹叢繁盛的
a narrow fissure 狹長的裂縫（多指地面）
imperiously 妄自尊大地
live off rats 以鼠為食
comeuppance: an outcome 因果報應(yīng)
pin it on anyone 嫁禍
get the measure of 衡量……的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)
reinstate 使復(fù)位
be tipped as 被提為
clamour for him 大聲地要求
wolf down 狼吞虎咽地吃
tarnish his reputation 玷污
by all accounts 據(jù)眾人說
pronounced 更明顯的
a deathbed visit 臨終拜訪
waste away 變得衰弱
poised to 準(zhǔn)備好
go astray 誤區(qū)岐途
shunt 分流到
overreacted to 反應(yīng)過大
stop bickering to listen 斗嘴
ticking off names 用手指記名字
be accused of a …… 做為……的被告
a grimace of frustration 鬼臉
ferret around 到處找
overlook 忽視
get any leads on 找到線索
bluster 吹捧
quite the reverse= vice versa= on the contrary? 相反地
a liability 責(zé)任
scrounge another paper 偷取，乞討
the mountainside 山坡，山腰
boulder-strewn ground 散落四處的
