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CHAPTER XVII. ANNETTE
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The troubles of the future, however, soon faded before the troubles of the present. And of these, the most immediate1 and pressing was that of hunger. Tommy had a healthy and vigorous appetite. The steak and chips partaken of for lunch seemed now to belong to another decade. He regretfully recognized the fact that he would not make a success of a hunger strike.
He prowled aimlessly about his prison. Once or twice he discarded dignity, and pounded on the door. But nobody answered the summons.
“Hang it all!” said Tommy indignantly. “They can’t mean to starve me to death.” A new-born fear passed through his mind that this might, perhaps, be one of those “pretty ways” of making a prisoner speak, which had been attributed to Boris. But on reflection he dismissed the idea.
“It’s that sour-faced brute2 Conrad,” he decided3. “That’s a fellow I shall enjoy getting even with one of these days. This is just a bit of spite on his part. I’m certain of it.”
Further meditations4 induced in him the feeling that it would be extremely pleasant to bring something down with a whack5 on Conrad’s egg-shaped head. Tommy stroked his own head tenderly, and gave himself up to the pleasures of imagination. Finally a bright idea flashed across his brain. Why not convert imagination into reality? Conrad was undoubtedly6 the tenant7 of the house. The others, with the possible exception of the bearded German, merely used it as a rendezvous9. Therefore, why not wait in ambush10 for Conrad behind the door, and when he entered bring down a chair, or one of the
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1 immediate | |
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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2 brute | |
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3 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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4 meditations | |
默想( meditation的名词复数 ); 默念; 沉思; 冥想 | |
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5 whack | |
v.敲击,重打,瓜分;n.重击,重打,尝试,一份 | |
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6 undoubtedly | |
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7 tenant | |
n.承租人;房客;佃户;v.租借,租用 | |
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n.约会,约会地点,汇合点;vi.汇合,集合;vt.使汇合,使在汇合地点相遇 | |
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11 decrepit | |
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12 infinitely | |
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13 intoxicated | |
喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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14 deserted | |
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15 consolation | |
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16 woes | |
困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉 | |
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17 slumbers | |
睡眠,安眠( slumber的名词复数 ) | |
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18 lumber | |
n.木材,木料;v.以破旧东西堆满;伐木;笨重移动 | |
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19 faculties | |
n.能力( faculty的名词复数 );全体教职员;技巧;院 | |
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20 vaguely | |
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21 obliterating | |
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22 imprisoned | |
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23 delirious | |
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24 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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25 jug | |
n.(有柄,小口,可盛水等的)大壶,罐,盂 | |
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26 mused | |
v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
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27 amiably | |
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28 growled | |
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29 repartee | |
n.机敏的应答 | |
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30 stew | |
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31 grunted | |
(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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32 cogitated | |
v.认真思考,深思熟虑( cogitate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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33 abruptly | |
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34 inexplicably | |
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35 dreary | |
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36 solitary | |
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37 confinement | |
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38 awakening | |
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39 dexterous | |
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40 winding | |
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41 deftly | |
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42 bluffed | |
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43 bluff | |
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44 omnipotent | |
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45 pretensions | |
自称( pretension的名词复数 ); 自命不凡; 要求; 权力 | |
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46 fetters | |
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47 disappearance | |
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48 cramped | |
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49 cramp | |
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50 utterly | |
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51 amazement | |
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52 petrified | |
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53 smothered | |
(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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55 bind | |
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56 outlet | |
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57 eternity | |
n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷 | |
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58 hurled | |
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59 pointed | |
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60 apparently | |
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61 attics | |
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62 attic | |
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63 standing | |
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64 bent | |
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65 halfway | |
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途 | |
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66 crouched | |
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67 vent | |
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68 fumbled | |
(笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)( fumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱摸,笨拙地弄; 使落下 | |
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69 possessed | |
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的 | |
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70 fumed | |
愤怒( fume的过去式和过去分词 ); 大怒; 发怒; 冒烟 | |
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71 impatience | |
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72 exclamation | |
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73 savage | |
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74 jaw | |
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75 sprawled | |
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76 invoke | |
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77 prostrate | |
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78 doorway | |
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79 industriously | |
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80 propped | |
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81 stiffened | |
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82 envoy | |
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83 sketched | |
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84 briefly | |
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85 succinctly | |
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87 cryptic | |
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88 plunged | |
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89 anarchy | |
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91 inspector | |
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92 crooked | |
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93 deliberately | |
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94 rattled | |
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95 twigged | |
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96 awfully | |
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97 rout | |
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98 killing | |
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99 dwelling | |
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