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Chapter Nineteen.
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In which, among other things, Lawrence refuses an Invitation, and bids a Final Farewell to Manuela.
A jump of several hundreds of miles at one mighty1 bound may seem difficult, perhaps impossible, but if the reader will kindly2 put on the grasshopper3 legs of imagination which we now provide, such a jump will be found not only possible, but, perchance, agreeable.
We pass at one fell spring, then, from the thick forests of Bolivia to the wide rolling pampas, or plains, of South America.
You are still within sight of the Andes, good reader. You may travel from north to south if you will—from the equatorial regions of the Mexican Gulf4 to the cold and stormy cape5 at Tierra del Fuego—without losing sight of that magnificent backbone6 of the grand continent.
We have reached a frontier town which lies among the undulating hills at the base of the mountains, yet within sight of the outskirts7 of the grassy8 pampas. A small town it is, with little white houses and a church glittering in the sunshine. A busy town, too, with a mixed population fluttering in the streets in the variegated9 trappings and plumage of merchants, and priests, and muleteers, and adventurers, and dark-eyed senhoras, enveloped10 in all the mysterious witchery that seems inseparable from Spanish mantillas and fans.
It was evening when our travellers arrived at the town. They were on horseback now, having, a considerable time
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grasshopper
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n.蚱蜢,蝗虫,蚂蚱 | |
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cape
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n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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backbone
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garrison
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miraculous
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gems
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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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lustre
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n.光亮,光泽;荣誉 | |
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celestial
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adj.天体的;天上的 | |
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worthy
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condemnation
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n.谴责; 定罪 | |
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jealousy
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n.贴边,镶边;vt.缝贴边;(in)包围,限制 | |
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animated
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adj.生气勃勃的,活跃的,愉快的 | |
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reining
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勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的现在分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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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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peculiar
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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paternal
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platonic
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meditative
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meditations
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villa
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n.不感兴趣,不关心,冷淡,不在乎 | |
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conspicuous
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countenance
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prone
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abruptly
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adv.突然地,出其不意地 | |
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idiotic
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plucky
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adj.勇敢的 | |
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nonchalance
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n.冷淡,漠不关心 | |
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引出,探出( elicit的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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gush
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v.喷,涌;滔滔不绝(说话);n.喷,涌流;迸发 | |
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n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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meekly
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adv.温顺地,逆来顺受地 | |
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bridles
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约束( bridle的名词复数 ); 限动器; 马笼头; 系带 | |
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spotted
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adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的 | |
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savage
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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savagely
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adv. 野蛮地,残酷地 | |
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regiment
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contented
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adj.满意的,安心的,知足的 | |
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defiance
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intercourse
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bestowed
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赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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thoroughly
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astonishment
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rambled
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