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CHAPTER XIX THE MENACE OF THE DEAD
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The night was still young when there came one to the entrance of the banquet hall where O-Tar of Manator dined with his chiefs, and brushing past the guards entered the great room with the insolence1 of a privileged character, as in truth he was. As he approached the head of the long board O-Tar took notice of him.
"Well, hoary2 one!" he cried. "What brings you out of your beloved and stinking3 burrow4 again this day. We thought that the sight of the multitude of living men at the games would drive you back to your corpses5 as quickly as you could go."
The cackling laugh of I-Gos acknowledged the royal sally. "Ey, ey, O-Tar," squeaked7 the ancient one, "I-Gos goes out not upon pleasure bound; but when one does ruthlessly desecrate8 the dead of I-Gos, vengeance9 must be had!"
"You refer to the act of the slave Turan?" demanded O-Tar.
"Turan, yes, and the slave Tara, who slipped beneath my hide a murderous blade. Another fraction of an inch, O-Tar, and I-Gos' ancient and wrinkled covering were even now in some apprentice10 tanner's hands, ey, ey!"
"But they have again eluded11 us," cried O-Tar. "Even in the palace of the great jeddak twice have they escaped the stupid knaves13 I call The Jeddak's Guard." O-Tar had risen and was angrily emphasizing his words with heavy blows upon the table, dealt with a golden
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insolence
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n.傲慢;无礼;厚颜;傲慢的态度 | |
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adj.臭的,烂醉的,讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 );发臭味;名声臭;糟透 | |
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vt.挖掘(洞穴);钻进;vi.挖洞;翻寻;n.地洞 | |
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corpse
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desecrate
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v.供俗用,亵渎,污辱 | |
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vengeance
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apprentice
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knaves
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goblet
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entrust
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warrior
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chamber
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shrieking
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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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derisively
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hush
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int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静 | |
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presumptuous
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majesty
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doomed
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splendor
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wry
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doorway
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consternation
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noted
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fugitives
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chagrin
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plight
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acting
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深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想 | |
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preservation
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investigation
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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partially
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apparently
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entangled
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adj.卷入的;陷入的;被缠住的;缠在一起的v.使某人(某物/自己)缠绕,纠缠于(某物中),使某人(自己)陷入(困难或复杂的环境中)( entangle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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tangled
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withered
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horrid
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pointed
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intruding
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superstitions
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suite
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beheld
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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