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Chapter Thirteen.
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Tables are frequently turned in this world in more senses than one. As was said in the last chapter, the romantic pair who were in search of the Indians did not find those for whom they sought but as fickle1 fortune willed it, those for whom they sought found them. It happened thus.
Soon after the Rose of Oregon and her young champion, with their captors, had passed through the Long Gap, crossed the plain, and entered the Sawback Hills, they fell in with a band of twenty Indians, who from their appearance and costume evidently belonged to the same tribe as their captors. From the manner in which they met also, it seemed that they had been in search of each other, and had something interesting to communicate, for they gesticulated much, pointed2 frequently to the sky, and to various directions of the compass, chattered3 excitedly, showed their brilliant teeth in fitful gleams, and glittered quite awfully4 about the eyes.
They paid little attention at first to their prisoners, who remained sitting on their steeds looking on with interest and some anxiety.
“O Betty, what would I not give to have my arms free just now! What a chance it would be for a bold dash and a glorious run!”
“You’d make little of it on such rough ground, Tolly.”
“Pooh! I’d try it on any ground. Just fancy, I’d begin with a clear leap over that chief’s head—the one there wi’ the feathers an’ the long nose that’s makin’ such hideous5 faces—then away up the glen, over the stones, down the hollows, shoutin’ like mad, an’ clearin’ the brooks6 and precipices7 with a band o’ yellin’ Redskins at my tail! Isn’t it enough to drive a fellow wild to be on the brink8 of such a chance an’ miss it? I say, haven’t you got a penknife in your pocket—no? Not even a pair o’ scissors? Why, I thought you women never travelled without scissors!”
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adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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pensive
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savage
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savages
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demonstration
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countenance
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adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的 | |
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n.末端,尽头;尽力;终极;极度 | |
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tact
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n.乐趣;滋味,风味;兴趣 | |
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lurking
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trot
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n.疾走,慢跑;n.老太婆;现成译本;(复数)trots:腹泻(与the 连用);v.小跑,快步走,赶紧 | |
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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defiles
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v.玷污( defile的第三人称单数 );污染;弄脏;纵列行进 | |
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descend
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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v.(使)突出( jut的现在分词 );伸出;(从…)突出;高出 | |
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阻塞( obstruct的过去式和过去分词 ); 堵塞; 阻碍; 阻止 | |
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touching
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adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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bridle
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warriors
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武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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scattered
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adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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expressive
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speculations
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botanist
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n.植物学家 | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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dispelled
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uncommon
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astonishment
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exclamation
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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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恢复( revert的现在分词 ); 重提; 回到…上; 归还 | |
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n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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