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C H A P T E R 3
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C H A P T E R 3
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“Squirrelpaw is upset,” Leafpaw remarked, watching her sister leave the medicine cat’s clearing with the twig1 of mouse bile clenched2 in her jaws3.
“She deserves to be.” Cinderpelt glanced up from counting juniper berries. She spoke5 firmly, though not unsympathetically. “If apprentices7 think they can go off by themselves, without telling any cat, then where would we be?”
“I know.” While Leafpaw prepared the mouse bile, she had listened to her sister raging about how unfair the punishment was. Squirrelpaw’s anger churned deep within Leafpaw’s belly8, as if the air in the camp were water and her sister was sending ripples9 of cold frustration10 into the medicine cat’s den11. Ever since they were tiny kits13 they had always known what the other was feeling. Leafpaw remembered how her fur had tingled15 with excitement when Squirrelpaw was made apprentice6, and how her sister had been unable to sleep on the night when Leafpaw had been apprenticed16 as a medicine cat at the Moonstone. Once she had felt an excruciating pain in her paw, and limped around the camp from sunhigh to sunset, until Squirrelpaw returned from a hunting patrol with a thorn 3 9
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twig
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| n.小树枝,嫩枝;v.理解 | |
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clenched
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| v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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jaws
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| n.口部;嘴 | |
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pelt
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| v.投掷,剥皮,抨击,开火 | |
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spoke
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| n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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apprentice
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| n.学徒,徒弟 | |
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apprentices
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| 学徒,徒弟( apprentice的名词复数 ) | |
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belly
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ripples
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| 逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) | |
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frustration
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| n.挫折,失败,失效,落空 | |
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| n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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kit
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| n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物 | |
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kits
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| 衣物和装备( kit的名词复数 ); 成套用品; 配套元件 | |
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| vi.感到刺痛,感到激动;n.刺痛,激动 | |
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tingled
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| v.有刺痛感( tingle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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apprenticed
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| 学徒,徒弟( apprentice的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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reassured
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| adj.使消除疑虑的;使放心的v.再保证,恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词) | |
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muzzle
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| n.鼻口部;口套;枪(炮)口;vt.使缄默 | |
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gathering
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| n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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spun
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| v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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mentor
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| n.指导者,良师益友;v.指导 | |
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standing
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bent
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clan
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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anticipation
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clans
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| 宗族( clan的名词复数 ); 氏族; 庞大的家族; 宗派 | |
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warriors
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| 武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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warrior
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truce
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| 混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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scents
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scent
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| n.(无经验之人的)有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的名词复数 )v.(无经验之人的)有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的第三人称单数 ) | |
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| v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 ) | |
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tautness
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| 拉紧,紧固度 | |
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prospect
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briefly
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pang
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| n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷 | |
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racing
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| n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
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shimmering
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| v.闪闪发光,发微光( shimmer的现在分词 ) | |
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trotting
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| 小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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throng
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| n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集 | |
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| 使(某人)气馁,威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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unfamiliar
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| adj.陌生的,不熟悉的 | |
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dense
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| a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
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beckoned
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| v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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lighter
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| n.打火机,点火器;驳船;v.用驳船运送;light的比较级 | |
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friendliness
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glimmer
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| v.发出闪烁的微光;n.微光,微弱的闪光 | |
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shrugged
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| vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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silhouetted
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crouched
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eldest
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badger
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prey
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| n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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murmur
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| n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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appreciation
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| n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨 | |
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rippled
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| 使泛起涟漪(ripple的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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gatherings
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| 聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集 | |
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marshes
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defiantly
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flicked
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flick
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inviting
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scorched
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reluctance
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rippling
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embarrassment
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spat
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decided
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rogues
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| n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 );无赖;调皮捣蛋的人;离群的野兽 | |
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fulfill
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| vt.履行,实现,完成;满足,使满意 | |
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blessing
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| n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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pricking
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eerie
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| adj.怪诞的;奇异的;可怕的;胆怯的 | |
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exclamation
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