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The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa
Tarzan's first mission did not bid fair to be either exciting or vastly important. There was a certain lieutenant1 of SPAHIS whom the government had reason to suspect of improper2 relations with a great European power. This Lieutenant Gernois, who was at present stationed at Sidi-bel-Abbes, had recently been attached to the general staff, where certain information of great military value had come into his possession in the ordinary routine of his duties. It was this information which the government suspected the great power was bartering4 for with the officer.
It was at most but a vague hint dropped by a certain notorious Parisienne in a jealous mood that had caused suspicion to rest upon the lieutenant. But general staffs are jealous of their secrets, and treason so serious a thing that even a hint of it may not be safely neglected. And so it was that Tarzan had come to Algeria in the guise5 of an American hunter and traveler to keep a close eye upon Lieutenant Gernois.
He had looked forward with keen delight to again seeing his beloved Africa, but this northern aspect of it was so different from his tropical jungle home that he might as well have been back in Paris for all the heart thrills of homecoming that he experienced. At Oran he spent a day wandering through the narrow, crooked6 alleys7 of the Arab quarter enjoying the strange, new sights. The next day found him at Sidi-bel-Abbes, where he presented his letters of introduction to both civil and military authorities—letters which gave no clew to the real significance of his mission.
Tarzan possessed8 a sufficient command of English to enable him to pass among Arabs and Frenchmen as an American, and that was all that was required of it. When he met an Englishman he spoke
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bartering
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v.作物物交换,以货换货( barter的现在分词 ) | |
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doorway
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liar
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equestrian
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solely
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augment
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pretext
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caravans
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(可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队) | |
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bickering
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v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 );口角;(水等)作潺潺声;闪烁 | |
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antelope
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tempt
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vt.引诱,勾引,吸引,引起…的兴趣 | |
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repletion
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gratuity
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lure
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deliberately
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n.土狼,鬣狗 | |
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altercation
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n.争吵,争论 | |
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sneering
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嘲笑的,轻蔑的 | |
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torrent
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n.激流,洪流;爆发,(话语等的)连发 | |
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invective
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relish
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mighty
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scowling
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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bulwark
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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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wrench
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v.猛拧;挣脱;使扭伤;n.扳手;痛苦,难受 | |
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disarmed
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v.裁军( disarm的过去式和过去分词 );使息怒 | |
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hurled
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v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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crouching
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antagonist
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n.敌人,对抗者,对手 | |
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groaning
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