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CHAPTER 19
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CHAPTER 19
What was that? Every hair onStormfur’s pelt1 shot up in fear. He and his friends were trapped in this dark hole; whoever had just spoken was blocking the entrance, and there was nowhere else to go. Desperately4 he tasted the air and picked out the scents5 of several cats, all of them smelling of Tribe, and yet not Tribe.
“Who are you?” he demanded.
For an answer he felt a powerful shoulder thrusting him aside as the strange cat entered the cave. There was the soft sound of pawsteps as the others followed.
Then he heard Brambleclaw’s voice, tense but still calm. “We are traveling to our home far from here and we took shelter only for the night. We have no quarrel with you.”
The strange cat spoke2 again. “This is our place.”
“Then we’ll leave,” Tawnypelt mewed. She padded toward the entrance, and the other cats shuffled7 around to follow her.
Stormfur felt his fur begin to lie flat again. With any luck they could get out of here without a fight. These cats couldn’t have come from the Tribe of Rushing Water, or they would have known who he and his companions were. Yet they carried the Tribe’s scent6; Stormfur was puzzled, but he was content to leave the mystery behind him if they could just get away safely.
“Not so fast,” the newcomer growled9. “How do we know you’re telling the truth? I don’t know you, and I don’t know your scent.”
“Talon10, we should take them prisoner.” A soft hiss11 came from one of the other cats. “We might be able to use them as bait for Sharptooth.”
“You know about Sharptooth?” Stormfur exclaimed.
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pelt
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| v.投掷,剥皮,抨击,开火 | |
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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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| n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的 | |
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desperately
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scents
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| n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉 | |
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scent
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| v.洗(纸牌)( shuffle的过去式和过去分词 );拖着脚步走;粗心地做;摆脱尘世的烦恼 | |
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talon
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hiss
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rumbled
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| 发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋) | |
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hostility
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amber
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flicking
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| (尤指用手指或手快速地)轻击( flick的现在分词 ); (用…)轻挥; (快速地)按开关; 向…笑了一下(或瞥了一眼等) | |
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stump
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| adj.[医]曲折的,屈曲v.屈曲( flex的过去式和过去分词 );弯曲;(为准备大干而)显示实力;摩拳擦掌 | |
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clan
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warily
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savage
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astonishment
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rogues
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jutting
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permanently
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swooping
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kit
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pointed
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murmur
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warrior
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banishing
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longing
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brook
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pricked
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| 刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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prey
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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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interfere
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exhausted
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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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hovered
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| 鸟( hover的过去式和过去分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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scrambling
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| vi.淌,滴,流出,慢慢移动,逐渐消散 | |
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determinedly
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apprentice
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pang
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jealousy
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belly
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swarmed
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| 密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
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gratitude
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courageous
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lashed
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| adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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loyalty
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