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Chapter 5 GEORGE GETS A HEADACHE!
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Chapter 5 GEORGE GETS A HEADACHE!
The man got up sullenly2. His ear-rings shone in the light of the torch. 'I came to get Clip,' he said.
'He's my horse, isn't he?'
'You were told he wasn't fit to walk yet,' said Julian. 'Do you want him to go lame3 for life? You oughtto know enough about horses to know when one can be worked or not!'
'I've got my orders,' said the man. 'I've got to take my caravan4 with the others.'
'Who said so?' said Dick, scornfully.
'Barney Boswell,' said the man. 'He's boss of our lot here. We've got to start off together tomorrow.'
'But why?' said Julian, puzzled. 'What's so urgent about all this? What's the mystery?'
'There ain't no mystery,' said the man, still sullen1. 'We're just going to the moor5.'
'What are you going to do there?' asked Dick, curiously6. 'It doesn't seem to me to be the place to takea lot of caravans7 to. There's nothing there at all, is there? Or so I've heard.'
The man shrugged8 his shoulders and said nothing. He turned to Clip as if to get him up. But Julianrapped out at him at once.
'Oh no, you don't! If you don't care about injuring a horse, I do! You've only got to be patient for aday or two more, and he'll be quite all right. You're not to take him tonight. Dick, go and wakeCaptain Johnson. He'll know what to do.'
'No,' said the man, scowling10. 'Don't go waking anybody. I'll go. But just you see that Clip is given toSniffer as soon as it's possible, or I'll know the reason why! See?'
He looked at Julian in a threatening way.
'Take that
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1 sullen | |
adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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2 sullenly | |
不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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3 lame | |
adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 | |
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4 caravan | |
n.大蓬车;活动房屋 | |
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5 moor | |
n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊 | |
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6 curiously | |
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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7 caravans | |
(可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队) | |
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8 shrugged | |
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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9 scowl | |
vi.(at)生气地皱眉,沉下脸,怒视;n.怒容 | |
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10 scowling | |
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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11 quack | |
n.庸医;江湖医生;冒充内行的人;骗子 | |
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12 peculiar | |
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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13 latching | |
n.闭塞;闭锁;关闭;闭塞装置v.理解( latch的现在分词 );纠缠;用碰锁锁上(门等);附着(在某物上) | |
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14 chestnut | |
n.栗树,栗子 | |
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15 longing | |
n.(for)渴望 | |
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16 joyfully | |
adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地 | |
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17 helping | |
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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18 scarlet | |
n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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19 eyebrows | |
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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20 engrossed | |
adj.全神贯注的 | |
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21 crumbs | |
int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式 | |
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22 awfully | |
adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地 | |
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23 horrified | |
a.(表现出)恐惧的 | |
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24 ass | |
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人 | |
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25 whined | |
v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 );哀诉,诉怨 | |
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26 furry | |
adj.毛皮的;似毛皮的;毛皮制的 | |
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27 stolid | |
adj.无动于衷的,感情麻木的 | |
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28 trotted | |
小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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29 pony | |
adj.小型的;n.小马 | |
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30 horrid | |
adj.可怕的;令人惊恐的;恐怖的;极讨厌的 | |
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