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Chapter Twenty Two.
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Led into Captivity1.
We turn once more to the Nubian desert, where, it will be remembered, we left several of our friends, cut off from McNeill’s zereba at a critical moment when they were all but overwhelmed by a host of foes2.
The grand-looking Arab who had so opportunely3 appeared on the scene and arrested the spears which were about to finish the career of Jack4 Molloy was no other than the man who had been saved by Miles from the bullet of his comrade Rattling5 Bill. A kind act had in this case received its appropriate reward, for a brief though slight glance, and a gracious inclination6 of the Arab’s head, convinced our hero that the whole party owed their lives to this man’s gratitude7.
They were not however exempt8 from indignity9, for at the moment when Jack Molloy fell they were overwhelmed by numbers, their arms were wrenched10 from their grasp, and their hands were bound behind their backs. Thus they were led, the reverse of gently, into the thick bush by a strong party of natives, while the others, headed by the black-bearded chief, continued their attack on the zereba.
It soon became evident that the men who had charge of the prisoners did not share, or sympathise with, the feelings of the chief who had spared their lives, for they not only forced them to hurry forward as fast as they could go, but gave them occasional pricks
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captivity
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n.囚禁;被俘;束缚 | |
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jack
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n.倾斜;点头;弯腰;斜坡;倾度;倾向;爱好 | |
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indignity
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wrenched
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v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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刺痛( prick的名词复数 ); 刺孔; 刺痕; 植物的刺 | |
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prick
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v.刺伤,刺痛,刺孔;n.刺伤,刺痛 | |
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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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shaft
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shrub
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countenance
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stunned
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passionate
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adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵 | |
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savagely
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adv. 野蛮地,残酷地 | |
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v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 );告诫 | |
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thigh
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n.大腿;股骨 | |
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elation
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n.兴高采烈,洋洋得意 | |
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possessed
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ammunition
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exhausted
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quell
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(random access memory)随机存取存储器 | |
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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ad.不同寻常地,相当地 | |
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uncommon
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seaman
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n.海员,水手,水兵 | |
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rascal
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humbug
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n.花招,谎话,欺骗 | |
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pretence
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n.假装,作假;借口,口实;虚伪;虚饰 | |
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obedience
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n.服从,顺从 | |
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submission
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n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出 | |
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adj.赞成的,称赞的,有利的,良好的,顺利的 | |
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smack
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vt.拍,打,掴;咂嘴;vi.含有…意味;n.拍 | |
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meek
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infancy
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exhaustion
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n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述 | |
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