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Chapter Fifteen.
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A Catastrophe1, a Letter, and a Surprise.
Autumn at length gradually drew to a close, and we began to make preparations for the long winter that lay before us.
Our saw-mill, having been repaired and improved, had worked so well that we had cut a considerable quantity of planks2, as well for the boats which we intended to build as for the houses. It was fortunate that this had been accomplished3 before the occurrence of an event which put an effectual stop to that branch of our industries. It happened thus:
One afternoon the fine weather which we had been enjoying so long gave place to boisterous4 winds and deluges6 of rain, confining us all to the fort and making us feel slightly miserable7.
“But we mustn’t grumble8, Max,” said Lumley to me, as we looked out of our small windows. “We must take the evil with the good as it comes, and be thankful.”
“No? I thought you were.”
“No, I was not. It must have been internal grumbling by yourself that you heard,” I retorted, sauntering back to the fire, which by that time we had begun to light daily.
“I daresay you’re right, Max; it has often struck me as a curious fact that, when one is cross or grumpy, he is apt to think all the rest of the world is also cross or grumpy. By the way, that reminds me—though I don’t see why it should remind me, seeing that the two things have no connection—that Coppet came to me last night saying he had discovered a slight leak in the dam. We’d better look to it now, as the rain seems to have moderated a little.”
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catastrophe
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n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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(厚)木板( plank的名词复数 ); 政纲条目,政策要点 | |
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grumbling
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defective
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partially
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deceptive
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impending
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previously
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ponderous
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overflowed
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cataracts
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rupture
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saturated
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a.饱和的,充满的 | |
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conversed
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patois
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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literally
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长期受苦( languish的过去式和过去分词 ); 受折磨; 变得(越来越)衰弱; 因渴望而变得憔悴或闷闷不乐 | |
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consternation
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wading
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muster
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gushing
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adj.迸出的;涌出的;喷出的;过分热情的v.喷,涌( gush的现在分词 );滔滔不绝地说话 | |
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hilarity
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crest
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n.胸,胸部;胸怀;内心;adj.亲密的 | |
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regained
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复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的现在分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上 | |
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dire
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v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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hubbub
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saviour
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