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CHAPTER VII “YOU MUST SACRIFICE HIM”
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WARILY1 CADJ and his hundred frightful2 followers3, armed with their bludgeons and knives, crept stealthily down the face of the barrier into the valley below, upon the trail of the white man and his black companions. They made no haste, for they had noted4 from the summit of Opar’s outer wall, that the party they were pursuing moved very slowly, though why, they did not know, for they had been at too great a distance to see the burden that each of the blacks carried. Nor was it Cadj’s desire to overtake his quarry5 by daylight, his plans contemplating6 a stealthy night attack, the suddenness of which, together with the great number of his followers, might easily confuse and overwhelm a sleeping camp.
The spoor they followed was well marked. There could be no mistaking it, and they moved slowly down the now gentle declivity7, toward the bottom of the valley. It was close to noon that they were brought to a sudden halt by the discovery of a thorn boma recently constructed in a small clearing just ahead of them. From the center of the boma arose the thin smoke of a dying fire. Here, then, was the camp of the ape-man.
Cadj drew his followers into the concealment9 of the thick bushes that bordered the trail, and from there he sent ahead a single man to reconnoiter. It was but a few moments later that the latter returned to say that the camp was deserted10, and once again Cadj moved forward with his men. Entering the boma they examined it in an effort to estimate the size of the party that accompanied Tarzan. As they were thus occupied Cadj saw something lying half
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followers
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追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件 | |
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quarry
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深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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conceal
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concealment
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挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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forth
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avenge
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desecrated
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毁坏或亵渎( desecrate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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fanaticism
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prostrate
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slay
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defiler
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plunge
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murmur
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apparently
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obedience
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deity
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sweeping
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hatred
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anticipation
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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incur
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degradation
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virtue
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antiquity
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antagonism
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whatsoever
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impunity
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n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除 | |
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aspired
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superstitious
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smoldering
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v.用文火焖烧,熏烧,慢燃( smolder的现在分词 ) | |
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avowed
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doom
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questionable
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standing
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remains
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narcotic
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subterranean
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fragrant
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jeopardy
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vestige
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saluted
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