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16 The Secret Way
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It was a baffled GRYF that bellowed1 in angry rage as Tarzan's sleek2 brown body cutting the moonlit waters shot through the aperture3 in the wall of the GRYF pool and out into the lake beyond. The ape-man smiled as he thought of the comparative ease with which he had defeated the purpose of the high priest but his face clouded again at the ensuing remembrance of the grave danger that threatened his mate. His sole object now must be to return as quickly as he might to the chamber4 where he had last seen her on the third floor of the Temple of the Gryf, but how he was to find his way again into the temple grounds was a question not easy of solution.
In the moonlight he could see the sheer cliff rising from the water for a great distance along the shore—far beyond the precincts of the temple and the palace—towering high above him, a seemingly impregnable barrier against his return. Swimming close in, he skirted the wall searching diligently5 for some foothold, however slight, upon its smooth, forbidding surface. Above him and quite out of reach were numerous apertures6, but there were no means at hand by which he could reach them. Presently, however, his hopes were raised by the sight of an opening level with the surface of the water. It lay just ahead and a few strokes brought him to it—cautious strokes that brought forth7 no sound from the yielding waters. At the nearer side of the opening he stopped and reconnoitered. There was no one in sight. Carefully he raised his body to the threshold of the entrance-way, his smooth brown hide glistening8 in the moonlight as it shed the water in tiny sparkling rivulets9.
Before him stretched a gloomy corridor, unlighted save for the faint illumination of the
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bellowed
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v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的过去式和过去分词 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫 | |
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adj.光滑的,井然有序的;v.使光滑,梳拢 | |
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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ad.industriously;carefully | |
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n.小河,小溪( rivulet的名词复数 ) | |
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散布的,普及的,扩散的 | |
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n.肠,内脏,内部;肠( bowel的名词复数 );内部,最深处 | |
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flickering
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niches
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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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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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wary
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prey
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鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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lithe
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gasping
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adj. 气喘的, 痉挛的 动词gasp的现在分词 | |
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diverging
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分开( diverge的现在分词 ); 偏离; 分歧; 分道扬镳 | |
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concealed
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concealing
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eavesdropper
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偷听者 | |
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concealment
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abruptly
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aggregate
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halfway
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regain
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incarcerate
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warrior
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scant
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deserted
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conjecture
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dire
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chambers
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altercation
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encumbering
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brute
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simultaneously
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gratitude
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adj.感激,感谢 | |
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liberate
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lesser
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defiler
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hoarsely
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mingling
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throng
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n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集 | |
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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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traitors
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卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 ); 叛徒; 背叛者; 背信弃义的人 | |
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spoke
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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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gathering
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parley
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followers
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pointed
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outskirts
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