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CHAPTER 10
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CHAPTER 10
Ivypool blinked open her eyes tosee the pale light of the Dark Forest all around her. She was curled up in the shade of an elder bush, its leaves casting dark patterns on her silver-white fur. Yawning, she scrambled1 to her paws and slid out. The trees clustered close together here, their branches entwined over Ivypool’s head. It was a relief not to be able to see the starless sky, always the most frightening reminder2 that she wasn’t in ThunderClan.
“But it still feels a long, long way from home,” she muttered.
Tasting the air, she picked up the scent4 of many cats, and heard voices coming faintly from among the trees several fox-lengths away. Ivypool padded in that direction and found herself on the edge of a clearing. Halting, she peered out from the shelter of a clump5 of bracken. Hawkfrost stood in the center with a ragged6 circle of younger cats around him. Ivypool recognized Tigerheart and Breezepelt, and a white RiverClan she-cat whose name she couldn’t remember. Others weren’t familiar at all.
Hawkfrost’s ice-blue eyes shone in the pallid8 light. “In a battle, you won’t be fighting one-on-one,” he meowed. “Cats will come at you from all directions, and you have to be ready. Now, I want all of you to attack me at once.”
“All of us?” Breezepelt sounded disbelieving.
“That’s what I said.” Hawkfrost’s voice had an edge. “I’ll take you on by myself later, if you want.”
“No, that’s fine, Hawkfrost,” Breezepelt answered hastily.
Mouse-brain!Ivypool thought.
“Okay.” Hawkfrost’s icy gaze traveled over the group of younger cats. “Attack—now!”
For a moment Ivypool lost sight of the dark tabby warrior9 as he was buried under a squirming heap of
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scrambled
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reminder
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| n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示 | |
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clan
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| n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派 | |
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scent
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clump
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pelt
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pallid
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warrior
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screeching
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| v.发出尖叫声( screech的现在分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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screech
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admiration
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lashing
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jaws
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murmur
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belly
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apprehension
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apprentice
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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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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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| v.潜伏,偷偷摸摸地走动,鬼鬼祟祟地活动( skulk的现在分词 ) | |
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| vt.& vi.(使)抽动,(使)颤动(twitch的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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converged
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snarl
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growled
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battering
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catching
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briefly
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trickled
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standing
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horrified
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nervously
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Flared
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| adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词 | |
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curt
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recoiled
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| v.畏缩( recoil的过去式和过去分词 );退缩;报应;返回 | |
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bout
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| n.侵袭,发作;一次(阵,回);拳击等比赛 | |
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hurled
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darted
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dart
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| v.猛冲,投掷;n.飞镖,猛冲 | |
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spun
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crouched
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underneath
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flick
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interfere
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pointed
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butt
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brute
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bouts
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beckoning
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| adj.引诱人的,令人心动的v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的现在分词 ) | |
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