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The Lordsport men gazed on Theon with blank, bovine1 eyes, and he realized that they did not know who he was. It made him angry. He pressed a golden dragon into the captain’s palm. “Have your men bring my things.” Without waiting for a reply, he strode down the gangplank. “Innkeeper,” he barked, “I require a horse.” “As you say, m’lord,” the man responded, without so much as a bow. He had forgotten how bold the ironborn could be. “Happens as I have one might do. Where would you be riding, m’lord?” “Pyke.” The fool still did not know him. He should have worn his good doublet, with the kraken embroidered2 on the breast. “You’ll want to be off soon, to reach Pyke afore dark,” the innkeeper said. “My boy will go with you and show you the way.” “Your boy will not be needed,” a deep voice called, “nor your horse. I shall see my nephew back to his father’s house.” The speaker was the priest he had seen leading the horses along the shoreline. As the man approached, the smallfolk bent3 the knee, and Theon heard the innkeeper murmur4, “Damphair.” Tall and thin, with fierce black eyes and a beak5 of a nose, the priest was garbed6 in mottled robes of green and grey and blue, the swirling7 colors of the Drowned God. A waterskin hung under his arm on a leather strap8, and ropes of dried seaweed were braided through his waist-long black hair and untrimmed beard. A memory prodded9 at Theon. in one of his rare curt
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1 bovine | |
adj.牛的;n.牛 | |
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2 embroidered | |
adj.绣花的 | |
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3 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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4 murmur | |
n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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5 beak | |
n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 | |
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6 garbed | |
v.(尤指某类人穿的特定)服装,衣服,制服( garb的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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7 swirling | |
v.旋转,打旋( swirl的现在分词 ) | |
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8 strap | |
n.皮带,带子;v.用带扣住,束牢;用绷带包扎 | |
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9 prodded | |
v.刺,戳( prod的过去式和过去分词 );刺激;促使;(用手指或尖物)戳 | |
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10 curt | |
adj.简短的,草率的 | |
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11 yew | |
n.紫杉属树木 | |
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12 deftly | |
adv.灵巧地,熟练地,敏捷地 | |
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13 pier | |
n.码头;桥墩,桥柱;[建]窗间壁,支柱 | |
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14 reaper | |
n.收割者,收割机 | |
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15 chilly | |
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16 amiable | |
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17 stark | |
adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地 | |
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18 cork | |
n.软木,软木塞 | |
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19 drenched | |
adj.湿透的;充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 );在某人(某物)上大量使用(某液体) | |
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20 rivulet | |
n.小溪,小河 | |
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21 spine | |
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊 | |
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22 corked | |
adj.带木塞气味的,塞着瓶塞的v.用瓶塞塞住( cork的过去式 ) | |
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23 untied | |
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决 | |
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24 stony | |
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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26 follies | |
罪恶,时事讽刺剧; 愚蠢,蠢笨,愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 ) | |
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27 Flared | |
adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词 | |
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28 melees | |
n. 混战( melee的名词复数 );乱战;混乱;混乱的人群 | |
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