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After dinner there were two dances in the pavilion, and then the band led the way to the race track for the games. The dancers followed, and all through the grounds the picnic parties left their tables to join in. Five thousand packed the grassy1 slopes of the amphitheater and swarmed2 inside the race track. Here, first of the events, the men were lining3 up for a tug4 of war. The contest was between the Oakland Bricklayers and the San Francisco Bricklayers, and the picked braves, huge and heavy, were taking their positions along the rope. They kicked heel-holds in the soft earth, rubbed their hands with the soil from underfoot, and laughed and joked with the crowd that surged about them.
The judges and watchers struggled vainly to keep back this crowd of relatives and friends. The Celtic blood was up, and the Celtic faction5 spirit ran high. The air was filled with cries of cheer, advice, warning, and threat. Many elected to leave the side of their own team and go to the side of the other team with the intention of circumventing6 foul7 play. There were as many women as men among the jostling supporters. The dust from the trampling8, scuffling feet rose in the air, and Mary gasped9 and coughed and begged Bert to take her away. But he, the imp10 in him elated with the prospect11 of trouble, insisted on urging in closer. Saxon clung to Billy, who slowly and methodically elbowed and shouldered a way for her.
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prospect
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grumbled
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grunted
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frantic
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transformation
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shrill
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melee
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avalanche
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eddy
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(使)混合( merge的过去式和过去分词 ); 相融; 融入; 渐渐消失在某物中 | |
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hysterical
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bloody
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bellowing
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contestants
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bedlam
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reigned
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crouching
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spiked
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deferred
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athletic
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halfway
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streak
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hubbub
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bellowed
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cane
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petrified
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