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III. THE MILL BECOMES AN IMPORTANT CENTRE OF OPERATIONS
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The next morning Miss Garland awoke with an impression that something more than usual was going on, and she recognized as soon as she could clearly reason that the proceedings1, whatever they might be, lay not far away from her bedroom window. The sounds were chiefly those of pickaxes and shovels2. Anne got up, and, lifting the corner of the curtain about an inch, peeped out.
A number of soldiers were busily engaged in making a zigzag3 path down the incline from the camp to the river-head at the back of the house, and judging from the quantity of work already got through they must have begun very early. Squads4 of men were working at several equidistant points in the proposed pathway, and by the time that Anne had dressed herself each section of the length had been connected with those above and below it, so that a continuous and easy track was formed from the crest5 of the down to the bottom of the steep.
The down rested on a bed of solid chalk, and the surface exposed by the roadmakers formed a white ribbon, serpenting from top to bottom.
Then the relays of working soldiers all disappeared, and, not long after, a troop of dragoons in watering order rode forward at the top and began to wind down the new path. They came lower and closer, and at last were immediately beneath her window, gathering6 themselves up on the space by the mill-pond. A number of the horses entered it at the shallow part, drinking and splashing and tossing about. Perhaps as many as thirty, half of them with riders on their backs, were in the water at one time; the thirsty animals drank, stamped, flounced, and drank again, letting the clear, cool water dribble7 luxuriously8 from their mouths.
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1 proceedings | |
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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2 shovels | |
n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 );锹;推土机、挖土机等的)铲;铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 );锹;推土机、挖土机等的)铲;铲形部份 | |
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3 zigzag | |
n.曲折,之字形;adj.曲折的,锯齿形的;adv.曲折地,成锯齿形地;vt.使曲折;vi.曲折前行 | |
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n.(军队中的)班( squad的名词复数 );(暗杀)小组;体育运动的运动(代表)队;(对付某类犯罪活动的)警察队伍 | |
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5 crest | |
n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖 | |
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6 gathering | |
n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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7 dribble | |
v.点滴留下,流口水;n.口水 | |
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8 luxuriously | |
adv.奢侈地,豪华地 | |
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9 miller | |
n.磨坊主 | |
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10 descending | |
n. 下行 adj. 下降的 | |
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11 circuitous | |
adj.迂回的路的,迂曲的,绕行的 | |
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12 infancy | |
n.婴儿期;幼年期;初期 | |
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13 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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14 enlistment | |
n.应征入伍,获得,取得 | |
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15 casually | |
adv.漠不关心地,无动于衷地,不负责任地 | |
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16 reining | |
勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的现在分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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17 dignified | |
a.可敬的,高贵的 | |
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18 martial | |
adj.战争的,军事的,尚武的,威武的 | |
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19 scent | |
n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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20 panoramic | |
adj. 全景的 | |
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21 saluted | |
v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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22 devoted | |
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23 awe | |
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24 fixed | |
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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25 ardent | |
adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的 | |
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26 gallant | |
adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的 | |
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27 converse | |
vi.谈话,谈天,闲聊;adv.相反的,相反 | |
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28 waggon | |
n.运货马车,运货车;敞篷车箱 | |
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29 prim | |
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30 bosom | |
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31 dwelling | |
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32 regularity | |
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33 poked | |
v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交 | |
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34 vehemence | |
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35 transit | |
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过 | |
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36 catching | |
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37 evoked | |
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38 foliage | |
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39 intensified | |
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40 enjoyment | |
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41 tenant | |
n.承租人;房客;佃户;v.租借,租用 | |
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42 tempted | |
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43 fluctuations | |
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44 hilarity | |
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45 stagnation | |
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46 tantalizing | |
adj.逗人的;惹弄人的;撩人的;煽情的v.逗弄,引诱,折磨( tantalize的现在分词 ) | |
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47 resounded | |
v.(指声音等)回荡于某处( resound的过去式和过去分词 );产生回响;(指某处)回荡着声音 | |
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48 stifled | |
(使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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49 sociable | |
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50 buck | |
n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃 | |
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51 propriety | |
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52 unnatural | |
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53 biding | |
v.等待,停留( bide的现在分词 );居住;(过去式用bided)等待;面临 | |
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54 nay | |
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55 misgivings | |
n.疑虑,担忧,害怕;疑虑,担心,恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 );疑惧 | |
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56 doggedly | |
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57 dressing | |
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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58 slanting | |
倾斜的,歪斜的 | |
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59 descended | |
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60 apparition | |
n.幽灵,神奇的现象 | |
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61 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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62 alteration | |
n.变更,改变;蚀变 | |
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63 posture | |
n.姿势,姿态,心态,态度;v.作出某种姿势 | |
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64 embarrassment | |
n.尴尬;使人为难的人(事物);障碍;窘迫 | |
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65 perpendicularly | |
adv. 垂直地, 笔直地, 纵向地 | |
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66 cavalry | |
n.骑兵;轻装甲部队 | |
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67 thighs | |
n.股,大腿( thigh的名词复数 );食用的鸡(等的)腿 | |
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68 gutter | |
n.沟,街沟,水槽,檐槽,贫民窟 | |
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69 ebb | |
vi.衰退,减退;n.处于低潮,处于衰退状态 | |
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