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Long before the first pale fingers of light pried1 apart Bran’s shutters2, his eyes were open. There were guests in Winterfell, visitors come for the harvest feast. This morning they would be tilting4 at quintains in the yard. Once that prospect5 would have filled him with excitement, but that was before. Not now. The Walders would break lances with the squires6 of Lord Manderly’s escort, but Bran would have no part of it. He must play the prince in his father’s solar. “Listen, and it may be that you will learn something of what lordship is all about,” Maester Luwin had said. Bran had never asked to be a prince. It was knighthood he had always dreamed of; bright armor and streaming banners, lance and sword, a warhorse between his legs. Why must he waste his days listening to old men speak of things he only half understood? Because you’re broken, a voice inside reminded him. A lord on his cushioned chair might be crippled-the Walders said their grandfather was so feeble he had to be carried everywhere in a litter-but not a knight7 on his destrier. Besides, it was his duty. “You are your brother’s heir and the Stark8 in Winterfell,” Ser Rodrik said, reminding him of how Robb used to sit with their lord father when his bannermen came to see him. Lord Wyman Manderly had arrived from White Harbor two days past, traveling by barge9 and litter, as he was too fat to sit a horse. With him had come a long tail of retainers: knights10, squires, lesser11 lords and ladies,
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pried
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v.打听,刺探(他人的私事)( pry的过去式和过去分词 );撬开 | |
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百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 ); (照相机的)快门 | |
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v.(使)倾侧;(使)倾斜;n.倾侧;倾斜 | |
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tilting
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倾斜,倾卸 | |
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prospect
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n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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n.地主,乡绅( squire的名词复数 ) | |
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knight
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n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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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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n.平底载货船,驳船 | |
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knights
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地 | |
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n.使者( herald的名词复数 );预报者;预兆;传令官v.预示( herald的第三人称单数 );宣布(好或重要) | |
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juggler
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n. 变戏法者, 行骗者 | |
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afterward
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sliver
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sip
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v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量 | |
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bustling
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adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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deftly
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adv.灵巧地,熟练地,敏捷地 | |
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pointed
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adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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stoutly
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adv.牢固地,粗壮的 | |
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straps
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rusty
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armory
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n.纹章,兵工厂,军械库 | |
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descended
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ERECTED
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adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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涂瓷釉于,给…上瓷漆,给…上彩饰( enamel的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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brindled
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butts
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笑柄( butt的名词复数 ); (武器或工具的)粗大的一端; 屁股; 烟蒂 | |
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reined
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勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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小跑,急走( trot的过去分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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poked
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v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交 | |
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genially
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oblivious
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adj.易忘的,遗忘的,忘却的,健忘的 | |
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taunting
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嘲讽( taunt的现在分词 ); 嘲弄; 辱骂; 奚落 | |
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