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CHAPTER X MAD TREACHERY
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TO the northwest of the valley of Opar the smoke rose from the cook fires of a camp in which some hundred blacks and six whites were eating their evening meal. The negroes squatted1 sullen2 and morose3, mumbling4 together in low tones over their meager5 fare, the whites, scowling6 and apprehensive7, kept their firearms close at hand. One of them, a girl, and the only member of her sex in the party, was addressing her fellows:
“We have Adolph’s stinginess and Esteban’s braggadocio8 to thank for the condition in which we are,” she said.
“For vy,” asked Adolph, “am I to blame?”
“You were too stingy to employ enough carriers. I told you at the time that we ought to have had two hundred blacks in our party, but you wanted to save a little money, and now what is the result? Fifty men carrying eighty pounds of gold apiece and the other carriers are overburdened with camp equipment, while there are scarce enough left for askari to guard us properly. We have to drive them like beasts to make any progress and to keep them from throwing away their loads, and they are fagged out and angry. They don’t require much of an excuse to kill us all on the spot. On top of all this they are underfed. If we could keep their bellies
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squatted
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v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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含糊地说某事,叽咕,咕哝( mumble的现在分词 ) | |
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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braggadocio
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scowled
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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contented
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bragged
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rations
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Christians
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Christian
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n.(某一地区的)植物群 | |
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sullenly
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不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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grumbling
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plentiful
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fidelity
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deport
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grumbled
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抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
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extremity
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vengeance
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exclusion
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solely
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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paralysis
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savage
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majestic
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accomplishment
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inordinately
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attain
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attainment
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lore
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consummate
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chagrin
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followers
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gathering
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chatter
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