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Chapter 5 RAGAMUFFIN JO
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Chapter 5 RAGAMUFFIN JO
George was most astonished at Dick. How very shocking to see who could spit damson stones out thefarthest.
'It's all right,' said Julian to her in a low voice. 'You know how good Dick is at that sort of game.
He'll win - and we'll send the girl scooting off, well and truly beaten.'
'I think you're horrible, Dick,' said George, in a loud voice. 'Horrible!'
'Who used to spit cherry-stones out and try and beat me last year?' said Dick at once. 'Don't be sohigh-and-mighty, George.'
Anne came slowly back from her pool, wondering why the others were up on the rocks. Damsonstones began to rain round her. She stopped in astonishment1. Surely - surely it couldn't be the othersdoing that? A stone hit her on her bare arm, and she squealed2.
The ragamuffin girl won handsomely. She managed to get her stones at least three feet farther thanDick. She lay back, laughing, her teeth gleaming very white indeed.
'You owe me an ice-cream,' she said, in her sing-song voice. Julian wondered if she was Welsh.
Dick looked at her, marvelling3 that she managed to get her stones so far.
'I'll buy you the ice-cream, don't worry,' he said. 'Nobody's ever beaten me before like that, not evenStevens, a boy at school with a most enormous mouth.'
'I do think you really are dreadful,' said Anne. 'Go and buy her the ice-cream and tell her to go home.'
'I'm going to eat it here,' said the girl, and she suddenly looked exactly as mulish and obstinate4 asGeorge did when she wanted something she didn't think she would get.
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'You look like George now!' said Dick, and immediately wished he hadn't. George glared at him,furious.
'What! That nasty, rude tangly5-haired girl like me!' stormed George. 'Pooh! I can't bear to go nearher.'
'Shut up,' said Dick, shortly. The girl looked surprised.
'What does she mean?' she asked Dick. 'Am I nasty? You're as rude as I am, anyway.'
'There's an ice-cream man,' said Julian, afraid that the hot-tempered George would fly at the girl andslap her. He whistled to the man, who came to the edge of the rocks and handed out six ice-creams.
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1 astonishment | |
n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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2 squealed | |
v.长声尖叫,用长而尖锐的声音说( squeal的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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3 marvelling | |
v.惊奇,对…感到惊奇( marvel的现在分词 ) | |
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4 obstinate | |
adj.顽固的,倔强的,不易屈服的,较难治愈的 | |
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5 tangly | |
混乱的,乱作一团的 | |
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6 scowling | |
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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7 scowl | |
vi.(at)生气地皱眉,沉下脸,怒视;n.怒容 | |
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8 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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9 marvelled | |
v.惊奇,对…感到惊奇( marvel的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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10 annoyance | |
n.恼怒,生气,烦恼 | |
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11 tangled | |
adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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12 bruise | |
n.青肿,挫伤;伤痕;vt.打青;挫伤 | |
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13 touching | |
adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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14 awfully | |
adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地 | |
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15 freckles | |
n.雀斑,斑点( freckle的名词复数 ) | |
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16 clenched | |
v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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17 whining | |
n. 抱怨,牢骚 v. 哭诉,发牢骚 | |
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18 pricked | |
刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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19 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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20 caravan | |
n.大蓬车;活动房屋 | |
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21 humbug | |
n.花招,谎话,欺骗 | |
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22 vaguely | |
adv.含糊地,暖昧地 | |
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23 scrambling | |
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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24 impudent | |
adj.鲁莽的,卑鄙的,厚颜无耻的 | |
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25 insolent | |
adj.傲慢的,无理的 | |
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26 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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