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“We will make King’s Landing within the hour.”
Catelyn turned away from the rail and forced herself to smile. “Your oarmen have done well by us,Captain. Each one of them shall have a silver stag, as a token of my gratitude1.”
Captain Moreo Tumitis favored her with a half bow. “You are far too generous, Lady Stark2. Thehonor of carrying a great lady like yourself is all the reward they need.”
“But they’ll take the silver anyway.”
Moreo smiled. “As you say.” He spoke5 the Common Tongue fluently, with only the slightest hintof a Tyroshi accent. He’d been plying6 the narrow sea for thirty years, he’d told her, as oarman,quartermaster, and finally captain of his own trading galleys8. The Storm Dancer was his fourth ship,and his fastest, a two-masted galley7 of sixty oars11.
She had certainly been the fastest of the ships available in White Harbor when Catelyn and SerRodrik Cassel had arrived after their headlong gallop12 downriver. The Tyroshi were notorious for theiravarice, and Ser Rodrik had argued for hiring a fishing sloop13 out of the Three Sisters, but Catelyn hadinsisted on the galley. It was good that she had. The winds had been against them much of the voyage,and without the galley’s oars they’d still be beating their way past the Fingers, instead of skimmingtoward King’s Landing and journey’s end.
So close, she thought. Beneath the linen14 bandages, her fingers still
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1 gratitude | |
adj.感激,感谢 | |
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2 stark | |
adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地 | |
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3 tar | |
n.柏油,焦油;vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于 | |
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4 ward | |
n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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5 spoke | |
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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6 plying | |
v.使用(工具)( ply的现在分词 );经常供应(食物、饮料);固定往来;经营生意 | |
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7 galley | |
n.(飞机或船上的)厨房单层甲板大帆船;军舰舰长用的大划艇; | |
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8 galleys | |
n.平底大船,战舰( galley的名词复数 );(船上或航空器上的)厨房 | |
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9 alley | |
n.小巷,胡同;小径,小路 | |
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10 alleys | |
胡同,小巷( alley的名词复数 ); 小径 | |
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11 oars | |
n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 ) | |
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12 gallop | |
v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展 | |
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13 sloop | |
n.单桅帆船 | |
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14 linen | |
n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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15 throbbed | |
抽痛( throb的过去式和过去分词 ); (心脏、脉搏等)跳动 | |
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16 dagger | |
n.匕首,短剑,剑号 | |
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17 scourge | |
n.灾难,祸害;v.蹂躏 | |
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18 dexterous | |
adj.灵敏的;灵巧的 | |
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19 wed | |
v.娶,嫁,与…结婚 | |
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20 wry | |
adj.讽刺的;扭曲的 | |
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21 prudent | |
adj.谨慎的,有远见的,精打细算的 | |
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22 swirling | |
v.旋转,打旋( swirl的现在分词 ) | |
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23 valiant | |
adj.勇敢的,英勇的;n.勇士,勇敢的人 | |
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24 fumbling | |
n. 摸索,漏接 v. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理 | |
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25 reassure | |
v.使放心,使消除疑虑 | |
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26 nonplussed | |
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27 ashore | |
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸 | |
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28 delicacy | |
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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29 eel | |
n.鳗鲡 | |
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30 afterward | |
adv.后来;以后 | |
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31 fumbled | |
(笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)( fumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱摸,笨拙地弄; 使落下 | |
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32 scrambling | |
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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33 conqueror | |
n.征服者,胜利者 | |
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34 taverns | |
n.小旅馆,客栈,酒馆( tavern的名词复数 ) | |
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35 graveyards | |
墓地( graveyard的名词复数 ); 垃圾场; 废物堆积处; 收容所 | |
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36 abreast | |
adv.并排地;跟上(时代)的步伐,与…并进地 | |
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37 dome | |
n.圆屋顶,拱顶 | |
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38 collapsing | |
压扁[平],毁坏,断裂 | |
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39 quays | |
码头( quay的名词复数 ) | |
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40 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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41 hull | |
n.船身;(果、实等的)外壳;vt.去(谷物等)壳 | |
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42 warships | |
军舰,战舰( warship的名词复数 ); 舰只 | |
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43 rams | |
n.公羊( ram的名词复数 );(R-)白羊(星)座;夯;攻城槌v.夯实(土等)( ram的第三人称单数 );猛撞;猛压;反复灌输 | |
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44 vaulted | |
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45 dungeons | |
n.地牢( dungeon的名词复数 ) | |
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46 fortress | |
n.堡垒,防御工事 | |
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47 vowed | |
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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48 pranced | |
v.(马)腾跃( prance的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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49 isles | |
岛( isle的名词复数 ) | |
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50 steadily | |
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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51 knight | |
n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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52 pier | |
n.码头;桥墩,桥柱;[建]窗间壁,支柱 | |
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53 bellowed | |
v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的过去式和过去分词 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫 | |
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54 thumped | |
v.重击, (指心脏)急速跳动( thump的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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55 seamen | |
n.海员 | |
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56 bustling | |
adj.喧闹的 | |
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57 copper | |
n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的 | |
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58 halfway | |
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59 stew | |
n.炖汤,焖,烦恼;v.炖汤,焖,忧虑 | |
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60 savory | |
adj.风味极佳的,可口的,味香的 | |
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61 hood | |
n.头巾,兜帽,覆盖;v.罩上,以头巾覆盖 | |
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62 fatiguing | |
a.使人劳累的 | |
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63 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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64 flick | |
n.快速的轻打,轻打声,弹开;v.轻弹,轻轻拂去,忽然摇动 | |
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65 flickering | |
adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的 | |
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66 ushered | |
v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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67 contrite | |
adj.悔悟了的,后悔的,痛悔的 | |
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68 mischiefs | |
损害( mischief的名词复数 ); 危害; 胡闹; 调皮捣蛋的人 | |
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69 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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70 winced | |
赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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71 shrugged | |
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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72 eyebrow | |
n.眉毛,眉 | |
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73 yearn | |
v.想念;怀念;渴望 | |
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74 bespeaks | |
v.预定( bespeak的第三人称单数 );订(货);证明;预先请求 | |
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75 velvet | |
n.丝绒,天鹅绒;adj.丝绒制的,柔软的 | |
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76 esteem | |
n.尊敬,尊重;vt.尊重,敬重;把…看作 | |
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77 solicitude | |
n.焦虑 | |
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78 giggled | |
v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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79 stunned | |
adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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80 armory | |
n.纹章,兵工厂,军械库 | |
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81 distressed | |
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82 squeal | |
v.发出长而尖的声音;n.长而尖的声音 | |
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83 sullen | |
adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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84 flipped | |
轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 ); 按(开关); 快速翻转; 急挥 | |
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85 forefinger | |
n.食指 | |
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86 wrench | |
v.猛拧;挣脱;使扭伤;n.扳手;痛苦,难受 | |
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87 jousting | |
(骑士)骑马用长矛比武( joust的现在分词 ) | |
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