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Chapter 17 What Do I Look Like?
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WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE? THE WIZARD OF OZ? YOU NEED A BRAIN? YOU NEED AHEART? GO AHEAD. TAKE MINE. TAKE EVERYTHING I HAVE.
I sort of had a plan as I ran to the Cullens' garage. The second part of it was totaling the bloodsucker'scar on my way back.
So I was at a loss when I mashed1 the button on the keyless remote, and it was not his Volvo thatbeeped and flashed its lights for me. It was another car—a standout even in the long line of vehicles thatwere mostly all drool-worthy in their own ways.
Did he actually mean to give me the keys to an Aston Martin Vanquish3, or was that an accident?
I didn't pause to think about it, or if this would change that second part of my plan. I just threw myselfinto the silky leather seat and cranked the engine while my knees were still crunched4 up under the steeringwheel. The sound of the motor's purr might have made me moan another day, but right now it was all Icould do to concentrate enough to put it in drive.
I found the seat release and shoved myself back as my foot rammed6 the pedal down. The car felt almostairborne as it leaped forward.
It only took seconds to race through the tight, winding7 drive. The car responded to me like my thoughtswere steering5 rather than my hands. As I blew out of the green tunnel and onto the highway, I caught afleeting glimpse of Leah's gray face peering uneasily through the ferns.
For half a second, I wondered what she'd think, and then I realized that I didn't care.
I turned south, because I had no patience today for ferries or traffic or anything else that meant I mighthave to lift my foot off the pedal.
In a sick way, it was my lucky day. If by lucky you meant taking a well-traveled highway at two hundredwithout so much as seeing one cop, even in the thirty-mile-an-hour speed-trap towns. What a letdown. Alittle chase actionmight have been nice, not to mention that the license8 plate info would bring the heat down on the
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a.捣烂的 | |
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butt
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vanquish
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v.征服,战胜;克服;抑制 | |
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v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的过去式和过去分词 );嘎吱作响;(快速大量地)处理信息;数字捣弄 | |
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n.操舵装置 | |
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license
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leech
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sprawl
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imprinted
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imprint
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random
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braces
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makeup
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n.组织;性格;化装品 | |
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speculation
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n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机 | |
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crease
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n.折缝,褶痕,皱褶;v.(使)起皱 | |
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大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下] | |
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n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖 | |
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v.怒视( glower的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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halfway
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tightened
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wreck
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apparently
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guilt
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remarkably
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hatred
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buckled
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dealing
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deviate
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(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
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faltered
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(嗓音)颤抖( falter的过去式和过去分词 ); 支吾其词; 蹒跚; 摇晃 | |
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v.(使某物)起褶子或皱纹( pucker的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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含糊地说某事,叽咕,咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 );吸血蝠;高利贷者;(舞台上的)活板门 | |
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chuckle
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赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的现在分词 ) | |
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twitched
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