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Chapter Fourteen.
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Solemn and Mysterious Doings are Brought to a Violent Close.
Angut was seated at the further end of his abode1 when his friend entered, apparently2 absorbed in contemplation of that remarkable3 specimen4 of Eskimo longevity5, the grandmother of Okiok.
“I have often wondered,” said Angut, as the seaman6 sat down beside him, “at the contentment and good-humour and cheerfulness, sometimes running into fun, of that poor old woman Kannoa.”
“Speak lower,” said Rooney in a soft voice; “she will hear you.”
“If she does, she will hear no evil. But she is nearly deaf, and takes no notice.”
“It may be so; poor thing!” returned the sailor in a tender tone, as he looked at the shrivelled-up old creature, who was moving actively7 round the never-idle lamp, and bending with inquiring interest over the earthen pot, which seemed to engross8 her entire being. “But why do you wonder?”
“I wonder because she has so little to make her contented9, and so much to ruin her good-humour and cheerfulness, and to stop her fun. Her life is a hard one. She has few relations to care for her. She is very old, and must soon grow feeble, and then—”
“And then?” said Rooney, as the other paused.
“Then she knows not what follows death—who does know?—and she does not believe in the nonsense that our people invent. It is a great mystery.”
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longevity
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n.长命;长寿 | |
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contented
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conversing
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perplexed
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peculiar
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countenance
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duel
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chuckle
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vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑 | |
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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philosophic
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iceberg
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stultified
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rendering
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intensity
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stewing
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stultify
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v.愚弄;使呆滞 | |
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discrediting
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使不相信( discredit的现在分词 ); 使怀疑; 败坏…的名声; 拒绝相信 | |
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stultification
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concealment
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n.隐藏, 掩盖,隐瞒 | |
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dame
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straightforward
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simplicity
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gathering
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧 | |
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abrupt
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n.喘息,气喘;v.喘息;气吁吁他说 | |
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plucky
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conceit
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tormentor
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n. 使苦痛之人, 使苦恼之物, 侧幕 =tormenter | |
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desperately
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adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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onlookers
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n.旁观者,观看者( onlooker的名词复数 ) | |
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contortions
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mere
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exertion
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resolute
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exhaustion
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proceedings
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bent
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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groaning
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puffed
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v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要 | |
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恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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entreaty
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whine
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