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Meriem, again bound and under heavy guard in Kovudoo's own hut, saw the night pass and the new day come without bringing the momentarily looked for return of Korak. She had no doubt but that he would come back and less still that he would easily free her from her captivity1. To her Korak was little short of omnipotent2. He embodied3 for her all that was finest and strongest and best in her savage4 world. She gloried in his prowess and worshipped him for the tender thoughtfulness that always had marked his treatment of her. No other within the ken6 of her memory had ever accorded her the love and gentleness that was his daily offering to her. Most of the gentler attributes of his early childhood had long since been forgotten in the fierce battle for existence which the customs of the mysterious jungle had forced upon him. He was more often savage and bloodthirsty than tender and kindly7. His other friends of the wild looked for no gentle tokens of his affection. That he would hunt with them and fight for them was sufficient. If he growled8 and showed his fighting fangs9 when they trespassed10 upon his inalienable rights to the fruits of his kills they felt no anger toward him—only greater respect for the efficient and the fit—for him who could not only kill but protect the flesh of his kill.
But toward Meriem he always had shown more of his human side. He killed primarily for her. It was to the feet of Meriem that he brought the fruits of his labors11. It was for Meriem more than for himself that he
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captivity
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labors
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ominously
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discomfort
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engendered
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gracefully
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ad.大大方方地;优美地 | |
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graceful
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bower
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furry
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adj.毛皮的;似毛皮的;毛皮制的 | |
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pelts
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barter
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n.物物交换,以货易货,实物交易 | |
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ransom
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safari
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buck
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overt
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allied
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maneuvering
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expenditure
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specimen
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gorilla
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n.大猩猩,暴徒,打手 | |
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degenerate
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filth
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n.肮脏,污物,污秽;淫猥 | |
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infinitely
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deliberately
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brute
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brutes
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兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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bent
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toll
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kindliness
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n.厚道,亲切,友好的行为 | |
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diplomacy
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n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕 | |
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accomplished
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adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的 | |
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isolated
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populous
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haggling
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motives
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generosity
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adj.壮丽堂皇的;n.废话,空话 | |
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beetle
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peculiar
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warriors
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testimony
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astonishment
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cartridge
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jack
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jersey
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stipulated
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怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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