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PART 2 CHAPTER 30
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I NMATES HAD DROPPED ALL HABITS OF SOLDIERING WITH THE EXCEPTION of marching around
the pen during the guard-ordered drills. Half-baked imitations of leisure activities at home
brought more comfort. Frank Armstrong and a number of fellows from his company organized
relay races against men in our division, or at least those with two fit legs. After morning drill on
cooler mornings, the boys formed one long line parallel to a line of fellows from the other
division and passed off a button, competing to see which division had the swiftest runners. Even
best, I had never been as fast as a Fishersville man in our division who regularly won.
In August, my great uncle in Philadelphia had mailed a copy of Milton’s Paradise Lost,
and his usual brief note regretting my choices. I bought more lemons and bread to share with
John Bibb but had no use for the book. From the little I knew, it seemed a wildly embroidered4
too much discussion and reading of the Old Testament. The book made a loud thud as I pitched
days leaning against the pen wall next to Bibb, limp from the heat but comforted by his
presence.
him appear too soft. Once again, this was Ahl’s doing, I was certain. He had found another way
to torture us by playing on Schoepf’s insecurities. The sutler was banned and didn’t return for
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isolation
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n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离 | |
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muster
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删剪(书籍、电影等中被认为犯忌、违反道德或政治上危险的内容)( censor的第三人称单数 ) | |
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testament
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paltry
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grumbled
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whining
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irony
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crammed
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jaw
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frankly
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skeptical
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waning
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ashore
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oblivious
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conspirators
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creek
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wretches
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leftovers
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guffawing
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texture
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wry
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mightily
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conceal
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vaguely
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racing
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murky
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tune
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spotted
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waded
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(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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foaming
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corpse
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n.尸体,死尸 | |
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tugged
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v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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flipped
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轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 ); 按(开关); 快速翻转; 急挥 | |
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gasped
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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rumor
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cramp
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chilly
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shack
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adj.简陋的小屋,窝棚 | |
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shrouded
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v.隐瞒( shroud的过去式和过去分词 );保密 | |
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hovered
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aisle
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n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道 | |
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standing
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rotation
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cocoon
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n.茧 | |
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exodus
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v.大批离去,成群外出 | |
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trudged
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morbid
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adj.病的;致病的;病态的;可怕的 | |
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disdain
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fixed
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huddled
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挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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bunks
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faltered
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(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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warriors
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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banished
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monstrous
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overthrow
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wrenched
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flattening
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perilously
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dominion
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skulls
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mighty
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踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯 | |
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squatted
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budge
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lured
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吸引,引诱(lure的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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hissed
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