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Chapter 14 THE GYPSIES ARE NOT PLEASED
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Chapter 14 THE GYPSIES ARE NOT PLEASED
Julian and Dick went to stand where they had stood the night before, trying to see exactly in whatdirection the glow had been.
'I think it was beyond the gypsies' camp, to the left,' said Julian. 'What do you think, Dick?'
'Yes. That's about it,' said Dick. 'Shall we go now?' He raised his voice. 'We're going, George andAnne. Are you coming? We can leave our stuff here, tucked away in the caves because we shan't bevery long.'
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George called back. 'Julian, I think Timmy's got a thorn in his foot or something. He's limping.
Anne and I think we'll stay here with him and try to get it out. You go, but for goodness' sake don'tget into trouble with the gypsies!'
'We shan't,' said Julian. 'We've as much right on this moor1 as they have and they know it. All right,we'll leave you two here then with Timmy. Sure you don't want any help with his paw?'
'Oh no,' said George. 'I can manage, thank you.'
The two boys went off, leaving Anne and George fussing over Timmy's paw. He had leapt into agorse bush after a rabbit and a thorn had gone right into his left fore-paw. Then it had broken off,leaving the point in poor Timmy's pad. No wonder he limped! George was going to have quite a timetrying to ease out the bit of thorn.
Julian and Dick set off over the moor. It was a day like summer, far too warm for April. There wasnot a single cloud to be seen in the sky, which was as blue as forget-me-nots. The boys felt too hot intheir pullovers and longed to take them off. But that would mean carrying them, which would be anawful nuisance.
The gypsy camp was not really far away. They soon came near to the curious hill that stood up fromthe flatness of the moor. The caravans2 still stood in its shelter, and the boys saw that a little group ofmen were sitting together, talking earnestly.
'I bet they're having a jaw3 about that aeroplane last night,' said Dick. 'And I bet it was they who setthat light or fire, or whatever it was, to guide it. I wonder why it didn't land.'
They kept in the shelter of big gorse bushes, as they skirted the camp. They were not particularlyanxious to be seen. The dogs, sitting round the group of men, apparently4 did not see or hear them,which was lucky.
The boys made their way towards the place where they thought they had seen the glow, some way tothe left of the camp, and beyond it.
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1 moor | |
n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊 | |
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2 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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3 jaw | |
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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4 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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5 quarry | |
n.采石场;v.采石;费力地找 | |
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6 scrambled | |
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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7 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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8 scowling | |
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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9 squint | |
v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的 | |
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10 interfere | |
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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11 disappearance | |
n.消失,消散,失踪 | |
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12 savage | |
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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13 cuff | |
n.袖口;手铐;护腕;vt.用手铐铐;上袖口 | |
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14 dabbing | |
石面凿毛,灰泥抛毛 | |
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15 plucky | |
adj.勇敢的 | |
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16 sniffing | |
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );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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17 quarrying | |
v.采石;从采石场采得( quarry的现在分词 );从(书本等中)努力发掘(资料等);在采石场采石 | |
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18 colossal | |
adj.异常的,庞大的 | |
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19 rivulet | |
n.小溪,小河 | |
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20 seeped | |
v.(液体)渗( seep的过去式和过去分词 );渗透;渗出;漏出 | |
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21 helping | |
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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22 funnel | |
n.漏斗;烟囱;v.汇集 | |
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23 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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24 puffing | |
v.使喷出( puff的现在分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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