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NIGEL UNDERGOES SOME QUITE NEW AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCES.
The arrangements made on the following day turned out to be quite in accordance with the wishes and tastes of the various parties concerned.
The ship's carpenter having been duly set to work on the repairs, and being inspected in that serious piece of prosaic2 business by the second mate, our captain was set free to charm the very souls of the juveniles4 by wandering for miles along the coral strand5 inventing, narrating6, exaggerating to his heart's content. Pausing now and then to ask questions irrelevant7 to the story in hand, like a wily actor, for the purpose of intensifying8 the desire for more, he would mount a block of coral, and thence, sometimes as from a throne, or platform, or pulpit, impress some profound piece of wisdom, or some thrilling point, or some exceedingly obvious moral on his followers9 open-mouthed and open-eyed.
These were by no means idlers, steeped in the too common business of having nothing to do. No, they had regularly sought and obtained a holiday from work or school; for all the activities of social and civilised life were going on full swing—fuller, indeed, than the average swing—in that remote, scarcely known, and beautiful little gem1 of the Indian Ocean.
Meanwhile Nigel and Kathy, with sketch10-books under their arms, went down to where the clear waters of the lagoon11 rippled12
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gem
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n.宝石,珠宝;受爱戴的人 [同]jewel | |
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n.青少年,少年读物;adj.青少年的,幼稚的 | |
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juveniles
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lagoon
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n.泻湖,咸水湖 | |
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contented
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disposition
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brawny
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ashore
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cove
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thwart
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hearty
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lustrous
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lookout
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n.注意,前途,瞭望台 | |
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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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grasshopper
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n.蚱蜢,蝗虫,蚂蚱 | |
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enchanting
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a.讨人喜欢的 | |
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expressive
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peculiar
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sketcher
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n.画略图者,作素描者,舞台布景设计者 | |
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oblivious
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exquisite
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engrossed
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tickling
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反馈,回授,自旋挠痒法 | |
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redeemed
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hermit
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crabs
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crab
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scuttling
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frigate
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n.护航舰,大型驱逐舰 | |
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connoisseurs
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n.鉴赏家,鉴定家,行家( connoisseur的名词复数 ) | |
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lizards
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varied
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permeate
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v.弥漫,遍布,散布;渗入,渗透 | |
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marrow
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crustacean
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burrows
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remarkable
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naturalist
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n.博物学家(尤指直接观察动植物者) | |
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graceful
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fronds
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catching
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urchin
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树丛,小树林( grove的名词复数 ) | |
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bowers
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variegated
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gaping
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tadpole
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