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4 Tarzan-jad-guru
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As Tarzan and Om-at clambered back to the vestibule of Pan-at-lee's cave and took their stand beside Ta-den in readiness for whatever eventuality might follow the death of Es-sat, the sun that topped the eastern hills touched also the figure of a sleeper1 upon a distant, thorn-covered steppe awakening2 him to another day of tireless tracking along a faint and rapidly disappearing spoor.
For a time silence reigned3 in the Kor-ul-JA. The tribesmen waited, looking now down upon the dead thing that had been their chief, now at one another, and now at Om-at and the two who stood upon his either side. Presently Om-at spoke4. "I am Om-at," he cried. "Who will say that Om-at is not gund of Kor-ul-JA?"
He waited for a taker of his challenge. One or two of the larger young bucks5 fidgeted restlessly and eyed him; but there was no reply.
"Then Om-at is gund," he said with finality. "Now tell me, where are Pan-at-lee, her father, and her brothers?"
An old warrior6 spoke. "Pan-at-lee should be in her cave. Who should know that better than you who are there now? Her father and her brothers were sent to watch Kor-ul-lul; but neither of these questions arouse any tumult7 in our breasts. There is one that does: Can Om-at be chief of Kor-ul-JA and yet stand at bay against his own people with a Ho-don and that terrible man at his side—that terrible man who has no tail? Hand the strangers over to your people to be slain8 as is the way of the Waz-don and then may Om-at be gund."
Neither Tarzan nor Ta-den spoke then, they but stood watching Om-at and waiting for his decision, the ghost of a smile upon the lips of the ape-man. Ta-den, at least, knew that the old warrior had spoken the truth—the Waz-don entertain no strangers and take no prisoners of an alien race.
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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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n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 );钱;(英国十九世纪初的)花花公子;(用于某些表达方式)责任v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃 | |
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warriors
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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iconoclast
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accounting
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descend
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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crimson
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tormentor
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plunge
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v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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admiration
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mightier
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adj. 强有力的,强大的,巨大的 adv. 很,极其 | |
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slay
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spasm
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