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The oldest were men grown, seventeen and eighteen years from the day of their naming. One waspast twenty. Most were younger, sixteen or less.
Bran watched them from the balcony of Maester Luwin’s turret1, listening to them grunt2 and strainand curse as they swung their staves and wooden swords. The yard was alive to the clack of wood onwood, punctuated3 all too often by thwacks and yowls of pain when a blow struck leather or flesh. SerRodrik strode among the boys, face reddening beneath his white whiskers, muttering at them one andall. Bran had never seen the old knight5 look so fierce. “No,” he kept saying. “No. No. No.”
“They don’t fight very well,” Bran said dubiously6. He scratched Summer idly behind the ears asthe direwolf tore at a haunch of meat. Bones crunched7 between his teeth.
“For a certainty,” Maester Luwin agreed with a deep sigh. The maester was peering through hisbig Myrish lens tube, measuring shadows and noting the position of the comet that hung low in themorning sky. “Yet given time … Ser Rodrik has the truth of it, we need men to walk the walls. Yourlord father took the cream of his guard to King’s Landing, and your brother took the rest, along withall the likely lads for leagues around. Many will not come back to us, and we must needs find the mento take their places.”
Bran stared resentfully at the sweating boys below. “If I still had my legs, I could beat them all.”
He remembered the last time he’d held a sword in his hand, when the king had come to Winterfell. Itwas only a wooden sword, yet he’d knocked Prince Tommen down half a hundred times. “Ser Rodrikshould teach me to use a poleaxe. If I had a poleaxe with a big long haft, Hodor could be my legs. Wecould be a knight together.”
“I think that … unlikely,” Maester Luwin said. “Bran, when a man fights, his arms and legs andthoughts must be as one.”
Below in the yard, Ser Rodrik was yelling. “You fight like a goose. He pecks you and you peckhim harder. Parry! Block the blow. Goose fighting will not suffice. If those were real swords, the firstpeck would take your arm off!” One of the other boys laughed, and the old knight rounded on him.
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turret
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n.塔楼,角塔 | |
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v.嘟哝;作呼噜声;n.呼噜声,嘟哝 | |
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punctuated
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v.(在文字中)加标点符号,加标点( punctuate的过去式和过去分词 );不时打断某事物 | |
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owl
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n.猫头鹰,枭 | |
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knight
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n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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dubiously
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adv.可疑地,怀疑地 | |
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crunched
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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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axe
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n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
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gall
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v.使烦恼,使焦躁,难堪;n.磨难 | |
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sapphires
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n.蓝宝石,钢玉宝石( sapphire的名词复数 );蔚蓝色 | |
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sockets
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n.套接字,使应用程序能够读写与收发通讯协定(protocol)与资料的程序( Socket的名词复数 );孔( socket的名词复数 );(电器上的)插口;托座;凹穴 | |
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fable
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n.寓言;童话;神话 | |
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mule
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n.骡子,杂种,执拗的人 | |
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tugged
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v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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stark
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adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地 | |
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fret
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vault
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n.拱形圆顶,地窖,地下室 | |
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sniffed
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v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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granite
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adj.花岗岩,花岗石 | |
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crouched
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v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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underneath
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adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面 | |
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vaults
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n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 );地下室;撑物跳高;墓穴 | |
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marsh
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n.沼泽,湿地 | |
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shipwright
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conqueror
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betrothed
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raped
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v.以暴力夺取,强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 );强奸 | |
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bristling
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a.竖立的 | |
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snarling
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v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的现在分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说 | |
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muzzle
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n.鼻口部;口套;枪(炮)口;vt.使缄默 | |
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jaws
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n.口部;嘴 | |
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tangle
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n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;v.(使)缠绕;变乱 | |
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bloody
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支撑,支持,维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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guttering
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standing
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v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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shredded
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soot
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n.煤烟,烟尘;vt.熏以煤烟 | |
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likeness
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n.相像,相似(之处) | |
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savaged
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(动物)凶狠地攻击(或伤害)( savage的过去式和过去分词 ); 残害; 猛烈批评; 激烈抨击 | |
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wary
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adj.谨慎的,机警的,小心的 | |
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cluttered
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v.杂物,零乱的东西零乱vt.( clutter的过去式和过去分词 );乱糟糟地堆满,把…弄得很乱;(以…) 塞满… | |
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tottering
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adj.蹒跚的,动摇的v.走得或动得不稳( totter的现在分词 );踉跄;蹒跚;摇摇欲坠 | |
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puddles
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n.水坑, (尤指道路上的)雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 ) | |
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scattered
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adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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quills
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n.(刺猬或豪猪的)刺( quill的名词复数 );羽毛管;翮;纡管 | |
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spotted
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adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的 | |
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raven
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n.渡鸟,乌鸦;adj.乌亮的 | |
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terse
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adj.(说话,文笔)精炼的,简明的 | |
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folly
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n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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dabbed
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(用某物)轻触( dab的过去式和过去分词 ); 轻而快地擦掉(或抹掉); 快速擦拭; (用某物)轻而快地涂上(或点上)… | |
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ointment
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n.药膏,油膏,软膏 | |
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peeking
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v.很快地看( peek的现在分词 );偷看;窥视;微露出 | |
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gargoyles
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n.怪兽状滴水嘴( gargoyle的名词复数 ) | |
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gash
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v.深切,划开;n.(深长的)切(伤)口;裂缝 | |
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gasped
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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doggedly
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dueling
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n. 决斗, 抗争(=duelling) 动词duel的现在分词形式 | |
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abruptly
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obsidian
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linen
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chafed
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v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的过去式 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒 | |
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stature
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graceful
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snares
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n.陷阱( snare的名词复数 );圈套;诱人遭受失败(丢脸、损失等)的东西;诱惑物v.用罗网捕捉,诱陷,陷害( snare的第三人称单数 ) | |
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reigned
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groves
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pact
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n.沼泽,泥塘( bog的名词复数 );厕所v.(使)陷入泥沼, (使)陷入困境( bog的第三人称单数 );妨碍,阻碍 | |
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afterward
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isle
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warriors
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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hacked
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生气 | |
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slaughtered
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v.屠杀,杀戮,屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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dread
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beak
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n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 | |
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raucous
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rattle
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v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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distress
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clattered
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发出咔哒声(clatter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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scorpion
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n.蝎子,心黑的人,蝎子鞭 | |
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hopped
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跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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numbly
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