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The real flavour of knowledge is most definitely associated in my mind with the vacant lot at the comer of the new neighbourhood where I was transplanted at about the age often. Here, when the fall days came on and we stood about the bonfire roasting chippies and raw potatoes in the little cans which we carried, there ensued a new type of discussion which differed from the old discussions I had known in that the origins were always bookish. Some one had just read a book of adventure, or a book of science, and forthwith the whole street became animated1 by the introduction of a hitherto unknown subject. It might be that one of these-boys had just discovered that there was such a thing as the Japanese current and he would try to explain to us how the Japanese current came into existence and what the purpose of it was. This was the only way we learned things - against the fence, as it were, while roasting chippies and raw potatoes. These bits of knowledge sunk deep - so deep, in fact, that later, confronted with a more accurate knowledge it was often difficult to dislodge the older knowledge. In this way it was explained to us one day by an older boy that the Egyptians had known about the circulation of the blood, something which seemed so natural to us that it was hard later to swallow the story of the discovery of the circulation of the blood by an Englishman named Harvey. Nor does it seem strange to me now that in those days most of our conversation was about remote places, such as China, Peru, Egypt, Africa, Iceland, Greenland. We talked about ghosts, about God, about the transmigration of souls, about Hell, about astronomy, about strange birds and fish, about the formation of precious stone, about rubber plantations2, about methods of torture, about the Aztecs and the Incas, about marine3 life, about volcanoes and earthquakes, about burial rites4 and wedding ceremonies in various parts of the earth, about languages, about the origin of the American Indian, about the buffaloes5 dying out, about strange diseases, about cannibalism6, about wizardry, about trips to the moon and what it was like there, about murderers and highwaymen, about the miracles in the Bible, about the manufacture of
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animated
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| adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的 | |
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plantations
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marine
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| adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵 | |
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| 仪式,典礼( rite的名词复数 ) | |
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buffaloes
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| n.水牛(分非洲水牛和亚洲水牛两种)( buffalo的名词复数 );(南非或北美的)野牛;威胁;恐吓 | |
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cannibalism
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pottery
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speculation
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| n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机 | |
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chaotic
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| adj.混沌的,一片混乱的,一团糟的 | |
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coerced
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| v.迫使做( coerce的过去式和过去分词 );强迫;(以武力、惩罚、威胁等手段)控制;支配 | |
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| v.骗取(某物),哄骗(某人干某事)( wheedle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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bribed
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| v.诋毁( traduce的过去式和过去分词 );诽谤;违反;背叛 | |
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relentlessness
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remorse
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repentance
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fatuity
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| (使)窒息, (使)窒闷( stifle的过去式和过去分词 ); 镇压,遏制; 堵 | |
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mutual
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intrigues
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| n.密谋策划( intrigue的名词复数 );神秘气氛;引人入胜的复杂情节v.搞阴谋诡计( intrigue的第三人称单数 );激起…的好奇心 | |
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realization
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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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| adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的 | |
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legitimate
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| 论述,详细讲解( expound的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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| v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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| n.不和,意见不合,争论,(音乐)不和谐 | |
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blatant
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| adj.厚颜无耻的;显眼的;炫耀的 | |
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| v.得到( derive的现在分词 );(从…中)得到获得;源于;(从…中)提取 | |
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infinitely
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contradictory
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| adj.反驳的,反对的,抗辩的;n.正反对,矛盾对立 | |
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valiant
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admiration
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bask
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| vt.取暖,晒太阳,沐浴于 | |
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faculty
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| n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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lucidity
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| n.明朗,清晰,透明 | |
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crumbling
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crumb
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fabric
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| n.织物,织品,布;构造,结构,组织 | |
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outgrow
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synthetic
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| adj.合成的,人工的;综合的;n.人工制品 | |
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alienate
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possessed
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entirely
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renounced
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dross
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vaguely
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inadequacy
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grove
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miserable
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| adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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| (免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的过去式和过去分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上 | |
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sledge
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nonentity
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luscious
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| adj.美味的;芬芳的;肉感的,引与性欲的 | |
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| n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作 | |
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germinate
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bosom
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