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Chapter 3 FACE AT THE WINDOW
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Chapter 3 FACE AT THE WINDOW
The five curled up in their holes once more. Dick felt his jaw-bone. 'That ragamuffin of a girl gave mea good bang,' he said, half-admiringly. 'Little demon1, isn't she! A bit of live wire!'
'I can't see why Julian wouldn't let me have a go at her,' said George sulkily. 'It was my hole she satin - she meant to be annoying! How dare she?'
'Girls can't go about fighting,' said Dick. 'Don't be an ass2, George. I know you make out you're asgood as a boy, and you dress like a boy and climb trees as well as I can - but it's really time you gaveup thinking you're as good as a boy.'
This sort of speech didn't please George at all. 'Well, anyway, I don't burst into howls if I'm beaten,'
she said, turning her back on Dick.
'No, you don't,' agreed Dick. 'You've got as much spunk4 as any boy - much more than that other kidhad. I'm sorry I sent her flying now. It's the first time I've ever hit a girl, and I hope it'll be the last.'
'I'm jolly glad you hit her,' said George. 'She's a nasty little beast. If I see her again I'll tell her what Ithink of her.'
'No, you won't,' said Dick. 'Not if I'm there, anyway. She had her punishment when I sent her flying.'
'Do shut up arguing, you two,' said Anne, and sent a shower of sand over them. 'George, don't go intoone of your moods, for goodness' sake - we don't want to waste a single day of this two weeks.'
'Here's the ice-cream man,' said Julian, sitting up and feeling for the waterproof5 pocket in the belt ofhis bathing trunks. 'Let's have one each.'
'Woof,' said Timmy, and thumped6 his tail on the sand.
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'Yes, all right - one for you, too,' said Dick. 'Though what sense there is in giving you one, I don'tknow. One lick, one swallow, and it's gone. It might be a fly for all you taste of it.'
Timmy gulped7 his ice-cream down at once and then went into George's hole, squeezing beside her,hoping for a lick of her ice, too. But she pushed him away.
'No, Timmy. Ice-cream's wasted on you! You can't even have a lick of mine. And do get back intoyour hole - you're making me frightfully hot.'
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1 demon | |
n.魔鬼,恶魔 | |
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n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人 | |
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3 owl | |
n.猫头鹰,枭 | |
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4 spunk | |
n.勇气,胆量 | |
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5 waterproof | |
n.防水材料;adj.防水的;v.使...能防水 | |
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v.重击, (指心脏)急速跳动( thump的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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7 gulped | |
v.狼吞虎咽地吃,吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 );大口地吸(气);哽住 | |
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8 longingly | |
adv. 渴望地 热望地 | |
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9 thoroughly | |
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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10 lettuce | |
n.莴苣;生菜 | |
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11 trotted | |
小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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12 kindly | |
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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13 helping | |
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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15 tickling | |
反馈,回授,自旋挠痒法 | |
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adj.嬉戏喧闹的,乱蹦乱闹的v.嬉笑玩闹( romp的现在分词 );(尤指在赛跑或竞选等中)轻易获胜 | |
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17 jug | |
n.(有柄,小口,可盛水等的)大壶,罐,盂 | |
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18 bustled | |
闹哄哄地忙乱,奔忙( bustle的过去式和过去分词 ); 催促 | |
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19 swollen | |
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20 crook | |
v.使弯曲;n.小偷,骗子,贼;弯曲(处) | |
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21 grunt | |
v.嘟哝;作呼噜声;n.呼噜声,嘟哝 | |
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22 hooting | |
(使)作汽笛声响,作汽车喇叭声( hoot的现在分词 ); 倒好儿; 倒彩 | |
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23 rattled | |
慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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24 sniffed | |
v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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25 stiffened | |
加强的 | |
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26 rustle | |
v.沙沙作响;偷盗(牛、马等);n.沙沙声声 | |
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28 growled | |
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