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Sam stood before the window, rocking nervously2 as he watched the last light of the sun vanish behind a row of sharp-peaked rooftops. He must have gotten drunk again, he thought glumly3. Or else he’s met another girl. He did not know whether to curse or weep. Dareon was supposed to be his brother. Ask him to sing, and no one could be better. Ask him to do aught else . . .
The mists of evening had begun to rise, sending grey fingers up the walls of the buildings that lined the old canal. “He promised he’d be back,” Sam said. “You heard him too.”
Gilly looked at him with eyes red-rimmed and puffy. Her hair hung about her face, unwashed and tangled4. She looked like some wary5 animal peering through a bush. It had been days since they’d last had a fire, yet the wildling girl liked to huddle6 near the hearth7, as if the cold ashes still held some lingering warmth. “He doesn’t like it here with us,” she said, whispering so as not to wake the babe. “It’s sad here. He likes it where the wine is, and the smiles.”
Yes, thought Sam, and the wine is everywhere but here. Braavos was full of inns, alehouses, and brothels. And if Dareon preferred a fire and a cup of mulled wine to stale bread and the company of a weeping woman, a fat craven, and a sick old man, who could blame him? I could blame him. He said he would be back before the gloaming; he said he would bring us wine and food.
He looked out the window once more, hoping against hope to see the singer hurrying home. Darkness was falling across the secret city, creeping through the alleys9 and down the canals. The good folk of Braavos would soon be ttering their windows and sliding bars across their doors. Night belonged to the bravos and the courtesans. Dareon’s new friends, Sam thought bitterly. They were all the singer could talk about of late. He was trying to write a song about one courtesan, a woman called the Moonshadow who had heard him singing beside the Moon Pool and rewarded him with a kiss. “You should have asked her for silver,” Sam had said. “It’s coin we need, not kisses.” But the singer only smiled. “Some kisses are worth more than yellow gold,
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n.家族,亲属,血缘关系;adj.亲属关系的,同类的 | |
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adv.忧郁地,闷闷不乐地;阴郁地 | |
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adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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slayer
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valor
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wail
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sobbing
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lagoon
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clam
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wheeze
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n.喘息声,气喘声;v.喘息着说 | |
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squandered
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embroidered
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swirling
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flask
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infusions
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vessel
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wheezed
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knight
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belly
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gales
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gravy
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sip
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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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sips
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costly
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mighty
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barge
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n.(船、列车等的)卧铺( berth的名词复数 );(船舶的)停泊位或锚位;差事;船台vt.v.停泊( berth的第三人称单数 );占铺位 | |
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wharves
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n.码头,停泊处( wharf的名词复数 ) | |
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moored
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kernel
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tightened
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收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧 | |
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vows
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誓言( vow的名词复数 ); 郑重宣布,许愿 | |
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slew
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condemn
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vt.谴责,指责;宣判(罪犯),判刑 | |
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sheathed
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spotted
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chuckled
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feverish
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peg
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buckled
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slumped
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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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behold
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v.看,注视,看到 | |
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glide
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hood
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thump
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dingy
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adj.昏暗的,肮脏的 | |
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velvet
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hues
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色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
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charcoal
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rattle
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appease
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clams
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oysters
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牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 ) | |
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chilly
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chuckling
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n.狭长的切口;裂缝;vt.切开,撕裂 | |
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v.使喷出( puff的现在分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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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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puddle
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