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Chapter 8 The Tree-top Hunter
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The morning after the Dum-Dum the tribe started slowly back through the forest toward the coast.
The body of Tublat lay where it had fallen, for the people of Kerchak do not eat their own dead.
The march was but a leisurely1 search for food. Cabbage palm and gray plum, pisang and scitamine they found in abundance, with wild pineapple, and occasionally small mammals, birds, eggs, reptiles2, and insects. The nuts they cracked between their powerful jaws3, or, if too hard, broke by pounding between stones.
Once old Sabor, crossing their path, sent them scurrying4 to the safety of the higher branches, for if she respected their number and their sharp fangs5, they on their part held her cruel and mighty6 ferocity in equal esteem7.
Upon a low-hanging branch sat Tarzan directly above the majestic8, supple9 body as it forged silently through the thick jungle. He hurled10 a pineapple at the ancient enemy of his people. The great beast stopped and, turning, eyed the taunting11 figure above her.
With an angry lash12 of her tail she bared her yellow fangs, curling her great lips in a hideous13
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leisurely
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n.爬行动物,爬虫( reptile的名词复数 ) | |
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v.急匆匆地走( scurry的现在分词 ) | |
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嘲讽( taunt的现在分词 ); 嘲弄; 辱骂; 奚落 | |
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hatred
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engulfs
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pebble
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slaying
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tornado
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crouched
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misery
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petals
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snug
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snare
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n.陷阱,诱惑,圈套;(去除息肉或者肿瘤的)勒除器;响弦,小军鼓;vt.以陷阱捕获,诱惑 | |
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noose
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sinuous
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prey
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futile(无用的)的变形; 干 | |
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perch
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lithe
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