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Chapter 17 MISCHIEF AGAIN - AND A SURPRISE!
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Chapter 17 MISCHIEF1 AGAIN - AND A SURPRISE!
Jeremiah saw the angry man coming at him, and very neatly2 side-stepped. Ebenezer couldn't stop,stepped heavily on a strand3 of very slippery seaweed - and went sprawling4 into a corner!
'Ho!' said Jeremiah, delighted. 'Very nice, Ebenezer! Get up, and run at me again!'
'He'd better not,' said Julian, in his most grown-up voice. 'I shall report him to the police if he does -and that will make a pair of them in two days. Jacob got into trouble yesterday - and now it will beEbenezer.'
Ebenezer got up, scowling5, and glared at Jeremiah, who grinned back in delight. 'Coming at meagain, Ebby?' he said. 'It's grand fun to hit an old man, isn't it?'
But Ebenezer was very much afraid that Julian would do what he had threatened, and report him tothe police. He rubbed his shoulder where it had struck a piece of rock, and debated what to do.
'Come along,' said Jeremiah, to the five watching children. 'I'll take you down to the Wreckers'
Cave. Ebby can come too, if so be he can behave hisself. But mebbe he'd like to run away home, andget his shoulder looked to!'
That was enough for Ebby! He determined6 to follow the little company, and made rude remarks allthe time. So he tailed them, and shouted at them from a safe distance. How they wished they hadTimmy with them! He would have made short work of the rude Ebenezer!
'Don't take any notice of him,' said Julian. 'Lead on Jeremiah. My word, isn't it dark in this tunnel!
Good thing we all brought good torches!'
The tunnel came to an end at last and opened out into an extraordinary cave. The roof wasunexpectedly high, and the irregular sides were ridged with shelves of rocks. On the shelves weredirty old boxes, a crate7 or two and some sacks.
'What in the world are those?' asked Dick, shining his torch on them.
'Well young sir, they're just what they look like - ordinary boxes and sacks,' said Jeremiah. 'Put
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1 mischief | |
n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹 | |
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2 neatly | |
adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地 | |
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3 strand | |
vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地) | |
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4 sprawling | |
adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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5 scowling | |
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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6 determined | |
adj.坚定的;有决心的 | |
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7 crate | |
vt.(up)把…装入箱中;n.板条箱,装货箱 | |
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8 thereby | |
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9 wrecked | |
adj.失事的,遇难的 | |
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10 growling | |
n.吠声, 咆哮声 v.怒吠, 咆哮, 吼 | |
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11 salvaged | |
(从火灾、海难等中)抢救(某物)( salvage的过去式和过去分词 ); 回收利用(某物) | |
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12 wrecks | |
n.沉船( wreck的名词复数 );(事故中)遭严重毁坏的汽车(或飞机等);(身体或精神上)受到严重损伤的人;状况非常糟糕的车辆(或建筑物等)v.毁坏[毁灭]某物( wreck的第三人称单数 );使(船舶)失事,使遇难,使下沉 | |
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13 sweeping | |
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的 | |
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14 swirls | |
n.旋转( swirl的名词复数 );卷状物;漩涡;尘旋v.旋转,打旋( swirl的第三人称单数 ) | |
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15 shaft | |
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16 swirling | |
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17 racing | |
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18 winding | |
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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19 penetrate | |
v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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20 anemone | |
n.海葵 | |
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21 crouched | |
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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22 chattered | |
(人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤 | |
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23 furry | |
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25 groaned | |
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入 | |
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n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃 | |
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