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CHAPTER IV. Adventures of Two Dutchmen on the Loose
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The Germans, as Peter said, are a careful people. A man met us on the quay1 at Rotterdam. I was a bit afraid that something might have turned up in Lisbon to discredit2 us, and that our little friend might have warned his pals3 by telegram. But apparently4 all was serene6.
Peter and I had made our plans pretty carefully on the voyage. We had talked nothing but Dutch, and had kept up between ourselves the role of Maritz’s men, which Peter said was the only way to play a part well. Upon my soul, before we got to Holland I was not very clear in my own mind what my past had been. Indeed the danger was that the other side of my mind, which should be busy with the great problem, would get atrophied7, and that I should soon be mentally on a par5 with the ordinary backveld desperado.
We had agreed that it would be best to get into Germany at once, and when the agent on the quay told us of a train at midday we decided8 to take it.
I had another fit of cold feet before we got over the frontier. At the station there was a King’s Messenger whom I had seen in France, and a war correspondent who had been trotting9 round our part of the front before Loos. I heard a woman speaking pretty clean-cut English, which amid the hoarse10 Dutch jabber11 sounded like a lark
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1 quay | |
n.码头,靠岸处 | |
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2 discredit | |
vt.使不可置信;n.丧失信义;不信,怀疑 | |
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3 pals | |
n.朋友( pal的名词复数 );老兄;小子;(对男子的不友好的称呼)家伙 | |
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4 apparently | |
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎 | |
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5 par | |
n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的 | |
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6 serene | |
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7 atrophied | |
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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9 trotting | |
小跑,急走( trot的现在分词 ); 匆匆忙忙地走 | |
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10 hoarse | |
adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的 | |
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11 jabber | |
v.快而不清楚地说;n.吱吱喳喳 | |
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12 lark | |
n.云雀,百灵鸟;n.嬉戏,玩笑;vi.嬉戏 | |
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13 homely | |
adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的 | |
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14 jolted | |
(使)摇动, (使)震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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15 barricade | |
n.路障,栅栏,障碍;vt.设路障挡住 | |
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16 sentries | |
哨兵,步兵( sentry的名词复数 ) | |
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17 mighty | |
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18 dressing | |
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19 lieutenant | |
n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员 | |
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20 saluted | |
v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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21 plunged | |
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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22 stuffy | |
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23 conqueror | |
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24 brag | |
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25 tongs | |
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26 spoke | |
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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27 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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28 traitor | |
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29 traitors | |
卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 ); 叛徒; 背叛者; 背信弃义的人 | |
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30 misery | |
n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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31 assented | |
同意,赞成( assent的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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32 westward | |
n.西方,西部;adj.西方的,向西的;adv.向西 | |
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33 scarcity | |
n.缺乏,不足,萧条 | |
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34 slumbered | |
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35 hog | |
n.猪;馋嘴贪吃的人;vt.把…占为己有,独占 | |
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36 eastward | |
adv.向东;adj.向东的;n.东方,东部 | |
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37 lighting | |
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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38 garish | |
adj.华丽而俗气的,华而不实的 | |
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39 persistently | |
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40 dozed | |
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41 rumpled | |
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42 scanty | |
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43 rumbled | |
发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋) | |
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44 persuasion | |
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45 dictatorial | |
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46 swell | |
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47 flannel | |
n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服 | |
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48 Portuguese | |
n.葡萄牙人;葡萄牙语 | |
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49 scarlet | |
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50 reeked | |
v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的过去式和过去分词 );散发臭气;发出难闻的气味 (of sth);明显带有(令人不快或生疑的跡象) | |
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51 squat | |
v.蹲坐,蹲下;n.蹲下;adj.矮胖的,粗矮的 | |
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52 dreary | |
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53 depressed | |
adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的 | |
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54 ushered | |
v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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55 tunic | |
n.束腰外衣 | |
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56 gorilla | |
n.大猩猩,暴徒,打手 | |
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57 cleft | |
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58 bulged | |
凸出( bulge的过去式和过去分词 ); 充满; 塞满(某物) | |
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59 hideous | |
adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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60 hippopotamus | |
n.河马 | |
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61 bristle | |
v.(毛发)直立,气势汹汹,发怒;n.硬毛发 | |
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62 civilian | |
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的 | |
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63 pricked | |
刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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64 pickle | |
n.腌汁,泡菜;v.腌,泡 | |
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65 boisterousness | |
n.喧闹;欢跃;(风暴)狂烈 | |
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66 eyelids | |
n.眼睑( eyelid的名词复数 );眼睛也不眨一下;不露声色;面不改色 | |
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67 muddled | |
adj.混乱的;糊涂的;头脑昏昏然的v.弄乱,弄糟( muddle的过去式);使糊涂;对付,混日子 | |
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68 flicked | |
(尤指用手指或手快速地)轻击( flick的过去式和过去分词 ); (用…)轻挥; (快速地)按开关; 向…笑了一下(或瞥了一眼等) | |
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69 glum | |
adj.闷闷不乐的,阴郁的 | |
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70 sullen | |
adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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71 gust | |
n.阵风,突然一阵(雨、烟等),(感情的)迸发 | |
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72 yoke | |
n.轭;支配;v.给...上轭,连接,使成配偶 | |
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73 pointed | |
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74 fixed | |
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75 mumbled | |
含糊地说某事,叽咕,咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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76 scattered | |
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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77 warriors | |
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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78 remains | |
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79 dwellers | |
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80 regiments | |
(军队的)团( regiment的名词复数 ); 大量的人或物 | |
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81 persuasive | |
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82 kindle | |
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83 jaw | |
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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84 ragged | |
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85 gouged | |
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