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Captain Armand Jacot of the Foreign Legion sat upon an outspread saddle blanket at the foot of a stunted1 palm tree. His broad shoulders and his close-cropped head rested in luxurious2 ease against the rough bole of the palm. His long legs were stretched straight before him overlapping3 the meager4 blanket, his spurs buried in the sandy soil of the little desert oasis5. The captain was taking his ease after a long day of weary riding across the shifting sands of the desert.
Lazily he puffed6 upon his cigarette and watched his orderly who was preparing his evening meal. Captain Armand Jacot was well satisfied with himself and the world. A little to his right rose the noisy activity of his troop of sun-tanned veterans, released for the time from the irksome trammels of discipline, relaxing tired muscles, laughing, joking, and smoking as they, too, prepared to eat after a twelve-hour fast. Among them, silent and taciturn, squatted7 five white-robed Arabs, securely bound and under heavy guard.
It was the sight of these that filled Captain Armand Jacot with the pleasurable satisfaction of a duty well-performed. For a long, hot, gaunt month he and his little troop had scoured8 the places of the desert waste in search of a band of marauders to the sin-stained account of which were charged innumerable thefts of camels, horses, and goats, as well as murders enough to have sent the whole unsavory gang to the guillotine several times over.
A week before, he had come upon them. In the ensuing battle he had lost two of his own men, but the punishment inflicted10 upon the marauders had been severe almost to
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gullible
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膨胀; 凸出(部); 打气; 折皱 | |
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监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者 | |
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filthy
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habitually
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ad.习惯地,通常地 | |
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innate
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n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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scramble
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sprawling
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抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
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