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Chapter V The Adventure of the Spectacled Roadman
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I sat down on the very crest1 of the pass and took stock of my position.
Behind me was the road climbing through a long cleft2 in the hills, which was the upper glen of some notable river. In front was a flat space of maybe a mile, all pitted with bog3-holes and rough with tussocks, and then beyond it the road fell steeply down another glen to a plain whose blue dimness melted into the distance. To left and right were round-shouldered green hills as smooth as pancakes, but to the south—that is, the left hand—there was a glimpse of high heathery mountains, which I remembered from the map as the big knot of hill which I had chosen for my sanctuary4. I was on the central boss of a huge upland country, and could see everything moving for miles. In the meadows below the road half a mile back a cottage smoked, but it was the only sign of human life. Otherwise there was only the calling of plovers5 and the tinkling6 of little streams.
It was now about seven o’clock, and as I waited I heard once again that ominous7 beat in the air. Then I realized that my vantage-ground might be in reality a trap. There was no cover for a tomtit in those bald green places.
I sat quite still and hopeless while the beat grew louder. Then I saw an aeroplane coming up from the east. It was flying high, but as I looked it dropped several hundred feet and began to circle round the knot of hill in narrowing circles, just as a hawk8 wheels before it pounces9. Now it was flying very low, and now the observer on board caught sight of me. I could see one of the two occupants examining me through glasses.
Suddenly it began to rise in swift whorls, and the next I knew it was speeding
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crest
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n.顶点;饰章;羽冠;vt.达到顶点;vi.形成浪尖 | |
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sanctuary
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plovers
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hawk
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pounces
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eastward
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speck
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savage
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cordon
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moor
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moors
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knoll
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fragrant
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suffocate
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dungeon
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ridge
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crouching
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hemmed
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缝…的褶边( hem的过去式和过去分词 ); 包围 | |
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puddles
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trickle
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vi.淌,滴,流出,慢慢移动,逐渐消散 | |
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bent
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fishy
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implement
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quarry
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filthy
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foul
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harry
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relish
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scone
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solace
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conspicuously
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uneven
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bulged
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toil
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scout
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n.童子军,侦察员;v.侦察,搜索 | |
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herding
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flopped
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v.(指书、戏剧等)彻底失败( flop的过去式和过去分词 );(因疲惫而)猛然坐下;(笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地)移动或落下;砸锅 | |
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milestone
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abiding
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grit
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monotonous
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spoke
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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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Ford
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bowler
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dreaded
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baker
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ginger
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glided
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vet
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wary
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spat
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steadily
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wreck
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casually
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gentry
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assortment
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eldest
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liar
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belly
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wring
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