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Chapter Sixteen
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Cassius Hasta split the helmet of a burly thief who opposed him, and as he turned to look for a new opponent he saw a white cast a net over Tarzan's head and shoulders from the rear, while the ape-man was engaged with a professional gladiator. Cassius was nearer the gladiator than Tarzan's other opponent and with a cry he hurled1 himself upon him. Tarzan saw what Cassius Hasta had done and wheeled to face the white who had attacked him from the rear.
The gladiator found Cassius Hasta a very different opponent from Tarzan. Perhaps he was not as skilful2 with his shield. Perhaps he was not as powerful, but never in all his experience had the gladiator met such a swordsman.
The crowd had been watching Tarzan from the beginning of the event because his great height and his nakedness and his leopard-skin marked him from all others. They noted3 that the first cast of his pike had split the shield of his opponent and dropped him dead and they watched his encounter with the gladiator, which did not please them at all. It was far too slow and they hooted4 and voiced catcalls. When the white cast the net over him they howled with delight, for they did not know from one day to the next, or from one minute to the next, what their own minds would be the next day or the next minute. They were cruel and stupid, but they were no different from the crowds of any place or any time.
As Tarzan, entangled5 in the net, turned to face the new menace, the white leaped toward him to finish him with a dagger6 and Tarzan caught the net with the fingers of both his hands and tore it asunder7 as though it had been made of paper, but the fellow was upon him in the same instant. The dagger hand struck as Tarzan seized the dagger wrist. Blood ran from beneath the leopard-skin from a wound over Tarzan's heart, so close had he been to death, but his hand stopped the other just in time and now steel fingers closed upon that wrist until the man cried out with pain as he felt his bones crushed together. The ape-man drew his
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jugular
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对立[对抗] 者,对手,敌手( antagonist的名词复数 ); 对抗肌; 对抗药 | |
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din
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reverting
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恢复( revert的现在分词 ); 重提; 回到…上; 归还 | |
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ethics
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n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准 | |
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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barbarian
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traitor
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injustice
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n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利 | |
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acclaiming
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v.征服( vanquish的过去式和过去分词 );战胜;克服;抑制 | |
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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courageous
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adj.勇敢的,有胆量的 | |
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[医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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anticipation
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savage
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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talons
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mighty
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fangs
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accurately
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hoarse
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conceal
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aspire
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supremacy
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