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It was a good afternoon's tramp to Niles, passing through the town of Haywards; yet Saxon and Billy found time to diverge1 from the main county road and take the parallel roads through acres of intense cultivation2 where the land was farmed to the wheel-tracks. Saxon looked with amazement3 at these small, brown-skinned immigrants who came to the soil with nothing and yet made the soil pay for itself to the tune4 of two hundred, of five hundred, and of a thousand dollars an acre.
On every hand was activity. Women and children were in the fields as well as men. The land was turned endlessly over and over. They seemed never to let it rest. And it rewarded them. It must reward them, or their children would not be able to go to school, nor would so many of them be able to drive by in rattletrap, second-hand5 buggies or in stout6 light wagons7.
“Look at their faces,” Saxon said. “They are happy and contented9. They haven't faces like the people in our neighborhood after the strikes began.”
“Oh, sure, they got a good thing,” Billy agreed. “You can see it stickin' out all over them. But they needn't get chesty with ME, I can tell you that much—just because they've jiggerooed us out of our land an' everything.”
“No, they're not, come to think of it. All the same, they ain't so wise. I bet I could tell 'em a few about horses.”
It was sunset when they entered the little town of Niles. Billy, who had been silent for the last half mile, hesitantly ventured a suggestion.
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diverge
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v.分叉,分歧,离题,使...岔开,使转向 | |
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n.耕作,培养,栽培(法),养成 | |
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creek
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genially
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flirt
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transparently
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明亮地,显然地,易觉察地 | |
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feigned
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a.假装的,不真诚的 | |
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ranch
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n.大牧场,大农场 | |
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raisin
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auction
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brag
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v./n.吹牛,自夸;adj.第一流的 | |
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herds
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elk
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exertion
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metallic
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fang
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lark
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mighty
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abruptly
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rustling
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drowsiness
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yarn
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n.纱,纱线,纺线;奇闻漫谈,旅行轶事 | |
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n.公羊( ram的名词复数 );(R-)白羊(星)座;夯;攻城槌v.夯实(土等)( ram的第三人称单数 );猛撞;猛压;反复灌输 | |
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buck
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inclination
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apprehension
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prey
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vagrant
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abruptness
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grasshopper
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