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PART I CHAPTER I
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THE PEOPLE OF NETHERMERE
I stood watching the shadowy fish slide through the gloom of the mill-pond. They were grey, descendants of the silvery things that had darted1 away from the monks2, in the young days when the valley was lusty. The whole place was gathered in the musing3 of old age. The thick-piled trees on the far shore were too dark and sober to dally4 with the sun; the weeds stood crowded and motionless. Not even a little wind flickered5 the willows6 of the islets. The water lay softly, intensely still. Only the thin stream falling through the mill-race murmured to itself of the tumult7 of life which had once quickened the valley.
"Well, what is there to look at?" My friend was a young farmer, stoutly10 built, brown eyed, with a naturally fair skin burned dark and freckled11 in patches. He laughed, seeing me start, and looked down at me with lazy curiosity.
"I was thinking the place seemed old, brooding over its past."
He looked at me with a lazy indulgent smile, and lay down on his back on the bank, saying: "It's all right for a doss—here."
"Your life is nothing else but a doss. I shall laugh when somebody jerks you awake," I replied.
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n.修道士,僧侣( monk的名词复数 ) | |
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(通常指灯光)闪烁,摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.柳树( willow的名词复数 );柳木 | |
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tumult
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perch
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alder
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poked
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amber
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thither
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consternation
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imprisoning
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torment
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desultory
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sluice
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orchard
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declivity
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hovering
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resentment
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foliage
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glimmer
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cavern
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compartment
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hovered
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adorned
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Forsaken
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turnips
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芜青( turnip的名词复数 ); 芜菁块根; 芜菁甘蓝块根; 怀表 | |
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attire
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joint
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sarcastically
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complacently
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adv. 满足地, 自满地, 沾沾自喜地 | |
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irritably
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ad.易生气地 | |
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distress
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n.苦恼,痛苦,不舒适;不幸;vt.使悲痛 | |
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curt
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bleating
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v.(羊,小牛)叫( bleat的现在分词 );哭诉;发出羊叫似的声音;轻声诉说 | |
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tickled
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(使)发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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apprehension
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n.理解,领悟;逮捕,拘捕;忧虑 | |
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contortions
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n.扭歪,弯曲;扭曲,弄歪,歪曲( contortion的名词复数 ) | |
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humbles
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v.使谦恭( humble的第三人称单数 );轻松打败(尤指强大的对手);低声下气 | |
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puff
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n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气 | |
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impatience
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n.不耐烦,急躁 | |
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brook
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caverns
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大山洞,大洞穴( cavern的名词复数 ) | |
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bosom
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n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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warfare
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scent
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scenting
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vt.闻到(scent的现在分词形式) | |
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dozed
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maples
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槭树,枫树( maple的名词复数 ); 槭木 | |
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vindictive
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jingling
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vocal
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poking
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tinkling
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touching
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cub
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