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11 "I AM COMING!"
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The morning following the capture of Virginia Maxon by Muda Saffir, Professor Maxon, von Horn, Sing Lee and the sole surviving lascar from the crew of the Ithaca set out across the strait toward the mainland of Borneo in the small boat which the doctor had secreted1 in the jungle near the harbor. The party was well equipped with firearms and ammunition2, and the bottom of the boat was packed full with provisions and cooking utensils3. Von Horn had been careful to see that the boat was furnished with a mast and sail, and now, under a good breeze the party was making excellent time toward the mysterious land of their destination.
They had scarcely cleared the harbor when they sighted a ship far out across the strait. Its erratic4 movements riveted5 their attention upon it, and later, as they drew nearer, they perceived that the strange craft was a good sized schooner6 with but a single short mast and tiny sail. For a minute or two her sail would belly7 with the wind and the vessel8 make headway, then she would come suddenly about, only to repeat the same tactics a moment later. She sailed first this way and then that, losing one minute what she had gained the minute before.
Von Horn was the first to recognize her.
"It is the Ithaca," he said, "and her Dyak crew are having a devil of a time managing her—she acts as though she were rudderless."
Von Horn ran the small boat within hailing distance of the dismasted hulk whose side was now lined with waving, gesticulating natives. They were peaceful fishermen, they explained, whose prahus had been wrecked9 in the recent typhoon. They had barely escaped with their lives by clambering aboard this
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secreted
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v.(尤指动物或植物器官)分泌( secrete的过去式和过去分词 );隐匿,隐藏 | |
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utensils
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器具,用具,器皿( utensil的名词复数 ); 器物 | |
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deserted
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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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corpses
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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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savage
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prow
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n.(飞机)机头,船头 | |
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ransom
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n.赎金,赎身;v.赎回,解救 | |
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bungalow
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vi.乘船,着手,从事,上飞机 | |
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squatted
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v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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squatting
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gratitude
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追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件 | |
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诉诸(武力),施行(暴力),发(脾气)( wreak的现在分词 ) | |
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embarked
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乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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gleaning
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valor
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apparently
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oblivious
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celestial
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detours
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绕行的路( detour的名词复数 ); 绕道,兜圈子 | |
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subsisted
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v.(靠很少的钱或食物)维持生活,生存下去( subsist的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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parched
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adj.焦干的;极渴的;v.(使)焦干 | |
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strenuous
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countless
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inflicted
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把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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tangled
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remarkable
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foliage
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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hideous
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adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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beheld
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unfamiliarity
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ambush
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anticipation
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commotion
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trophies
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sleek
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lumbered
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砍伐(lumber的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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simultaneously
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slashing
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mighty
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手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的过去式和过去分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响) | |
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ragged
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pajamas
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catching
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lurking
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astonishment
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