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THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE “SARAH JANE”
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There was no gainsaying1 the fact that the Sarah Jane was a very fine barge2. Old Cheesy Morgan, whose Prairie Flower she had outreached in the annual barge regatta by half a mile, owned up frankly3 that the Sarah Jane, if she had been built out of the wreckage4 of a sunken steamboat looted by the miserly old mudlark who owned her, could lay over any of his fleet, and when he gave in as far as that you might look upon the discussion as closed. Her skipper and mate, Trabby Goodjer and Skee Goss, were always ready (when in company) to punch any single man’s head who said a word against her, and many sore bones had been carried away from the “Long Reach House” in consequence. Not that these two worthies5 were ever sparing of their extensive vocabulary of abuse of their command when working up or down the Thames, especially when she missed stays and hooked herself up on a mudbank about the first of the ebb6, making them lose a whole day.
Ever since her launching she had been regularly employed in the Margate trade from London with general merchandise and returning empty. Even this double expense for single freight paid the Margate shopkeepers better than submission7 to the[243] extortionate railway charges, while their enterprise was a golden streak9 of luck for the owner of the Sarah Jane, and her consorts10. When she commenced the memorable11 voyage of which this is the veracious12
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1 gainsaying | |
v.否认,反驳( gainsay的现在分词 ) | |
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2 barge | |
n.平底载货船,驳船 | |
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3 frankly | |
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n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏 | |
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应得某事物( worthy的名词复数 ); 值得做某事; 可尊敬的; 有(某人或事物)的典型特征 | |
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vi.衰退,减退;n.处于低潮,处于衰退状态 | |
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7 submission | |
n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出 | |
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8 den | |
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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9 streak | |
n.条理,斑纹,倾向,少许,痕迹;v.加条纹,变成条纹,奔驰,快速移动 | |
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n.配偶( consort的名词复数 );(演奏古典音乐的)一组乐师;一组古典乐器;一起v.结伴( consort的第三人称单数 );交往;相称;调和 | |
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11 memorable | |
adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的 | |
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12 veracious | |
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13 mariners | |
海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
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14 marine | |
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵 | |
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15 stunted | |
adj.矮小的;发育迟缓的 | |
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16 generic | |
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17 vessel | |
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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18 vessels | |
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人 | |
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19 adventurous | |
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20 mishaps | |
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21 diminutive | |
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22 berth | |
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23 belly | |
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24 precocious | |
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25 wharf | |
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26 shrieking | |
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27 greasy | |
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28 warehouses | |
仓库,货栈( warehouse的名词复数 ) | |
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29 marrow | |
n.骨髓;精华;活力 | |
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30 intervals | |
n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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31 entirely | |
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32 enjoyment | |
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33 delightful | |
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34 backwards | |
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35 bunk | |
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36 irritable | |
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37 solace | |
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39 prematurely | |
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40 remarkable | |
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41 apparently | |
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42 tangle | |
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43 steering | |
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45 funnel | |
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47 stuffy | |
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48 perch | |
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49 scuttle | |
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50 runaways | |
(轻而易举的)胜利( runaway的名词复数 ) | |
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51 conceal | |
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52 awakening | |
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53 stowaways | |
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54 snug | |
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55 lair | |
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56 unwillingly | |
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57 vigilant | |
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58 obedience | |
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59 perfectly | |
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60 standing | |
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61 bruises | |
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62 retired | |
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的 | |
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63 woe | |
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64 filth | |
n.肮脏,污物,污秽;淫猥 | |
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65 growled | |
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66 growl | |
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67 hoggish | |
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68 ruminate | |
v.反刍;沉思 | |
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69 steered | |
v.驾驶( steer的过去式和过去分词 );操纵;控制;引导 | |
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70 steadily | |
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71 tatty | |
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72 savage | |
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73 panorama | |
n.全景,全景画,全景摄影,全景照片[装置] | |
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74 phantom | |
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75 glided | |
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76 amazement | |
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77 rattled | |
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78 solitary | |
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79 fully | |
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80 gale | |
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82 utterly | |
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83 mere | |
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84 elasticity | |
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85 fermenting | |
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86 foam | |
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87 labyrinth | |
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88 hearty | |
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89 winding | |
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90 appeased | |
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91 tremor | |
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92 spine | |
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93 onward | |
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94 tortuous | |
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95 estuary | |
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96 scudding | |
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98 delirious | |
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99 dread | |
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100 leeward | |
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101 turmoil | |
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102 foaming | |
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103 lurch | |
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104 beetling | |
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105 rugged | |
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106 scanty | |
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107 benefactors | |
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