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Careful of the rats, my lord.” Dolorous1 Edd led Jon down the steps, a lantern in one hand. “They make an awful squeal2 if you step on them. My mother used to make a similar sound when I was a boy. She must have had some rat in her, now that I think of it. Brown hair, beady little eyes, liked cheese. Might be she had a tail too, I never looked to see.”
All of Castle Black was connected underground by a maze3 of tunnels that the brothers called the wormways. It was dark and gloomy underneath4 the earth, so the wormways were little used in summer, but when the winter winds began to blow and the snows began to fall, the tunnels became the quickest way to move about the castle. The stewards6 were making use of them already. Jon saw candles burning in several wall niches7 as they made their way along the tunnel, their footsteps echoing ahead of them.
Bowen Marsh8 was waiting at a junction9 where four wormways met. With him he had Wick Whittlestick, tall and skinny as a spear. “These are the counts from three turns ago,” Marsh told Jon, offering him a thick sheaf of papers, “for comparison with our present stores. Shall we start with the granaries?”
They moved through the grey gloom beneath the earth. Each storeroom had a solid oaken door closed with an iron padlock as big as a supper plate. “Is pilferage10 a problem?” Jon asked.
“Not as yet,” said Bowen Marsh. “Once winter comes, though, your lordship might be wise to post guards down here.”
Wick Whittlestick wore the keys on a ring about his neck. They all looked alike to Jon, yet somehow Wick found the right one for every door. Once inside, he would take a fist-sized
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adj.悲伤的;忧愁的 | |
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v.发出长而尖的声音;n.长而尖的声音 | |
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n.迷宫,八阵图,混乱,迷惑 | |
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n.乘务员,服务员;看管人;膳食管理员 | |
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(轮船、飞机等的)乘务员( steward的名词复数 ); (俱乐部、旅馆、工会等的)管理员; (大型活动的)组织者; (私人家中的)管家 | |
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壁龛( niche的名词复数 ); 合适的位置[工作等]; (产品的)商机; 生态位(一个生物所占据的生境的最小单位) | |
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n.连接,接合;交叉点,接合处,枢纽站 | |
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芜青( turnip的名词复数 ); 芜菁块根; 芜菁甘蓝块根; 怀表 | |
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sage
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n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的 | |
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locker
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n.更衣箱,储物柜,冷藏室,上锁的人 | |
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n.丁香(热带树木的干花,形似小钉子,用作调味品,尤用作甜食的香料)( clove的名词复数 );蒜瓣(a garlic ~|a ~of garlic) | |
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figures 数字,图形,外形 | |
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胡桃(树)( walnut的名词复数 ); 胡桃木 | |
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armory
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squire
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n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅 | |
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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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slew
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gem
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n.宝石,珠宝;受爱戴的人 [同]jewel | |
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adorned
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cuff
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n.袖口;手铐;护腕;vt.用手铐铐;上袖口 | |
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ruby
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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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knight
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hearth
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homage
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pretext
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slain
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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raven
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outlaw
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pointed
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