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CHAPTER VII THE “BRONCO KID’S” EAVESDROPPING
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LATE in July it grows dark as midnight approaches, so that the many lights from doorway1 and window seem less garish2 and strange than they do a month earlier. In the Northern there was good business doing. The new bar fixtures3, which had cost a king’s ransom4, or represented the one night’s losings of a Klondike millionaire, shone rich, dark, and enticing5, while the cut glass sparkled with iridescent6 hues7, reflecting, in a measure, the prismatic moods, the dancing spirits of the crowd that crushed past, halting at the gambling8 games, or patronizing the theatre in the rear. The old bar furniture, brought down by dog team from “Up River,” was established at the rear extremity9 of the long building, just inside the entrance to the dance-hall, where patrons of the drama might, with a modicum10 of delay and inconvenience, quaff11 as deeply of the beaker as of the ballet.
Now, however, the show had closed, the hall had been cleared of chairs and canvas, exposing a glassy, tempting12 surface, and the orchestra had moved to the stage. They played a rollicking, blood-stirring two-step, while the floor swam with dancers.
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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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garish
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adj.华丽而俗气的,华而不实的 | |
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fixtures
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(房屋等的)固定装置( fixture的名词复数 ); 如(浴盆、抽水马桶); 固定在某位置的人或物; (定期定点举行的)体育活动 | |
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ransom
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n.赎金,赎身;v.赎回,解救 | |
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enticing
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iridescent
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adj.彩虹色的,闪色的 | |
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hues
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色彩( hue的名词复数 ); 色调; 信仰; 观点 | |
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gambling
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extremity
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modicum
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n.少量,一小份 | |
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quaff
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v.一饮而尽;痛饮 | |
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tempting
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a.诱人的, 吸引人的 | |
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intervals
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feverishly
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crescendo
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tune
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enjoyment
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avowing
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v.公开声明,承认( avow的现在分词 ) | |
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flipping
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讨厌之极的 | |
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corks
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subterfuge
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n.诡计;藉口 | |
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redeemable
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可赎回的,可补救的 | |
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emblems
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dense
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bartered
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groomed
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filthy
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affected
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license
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veins
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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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mightily
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ad.强烈地;非常地 | |
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accomplishment
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dealer
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dexterous
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hips
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neatly
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creased
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sporadically
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lookout
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persevered
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dexterity
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regularity
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nervously
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caress
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caressing
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rustle
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v.沙沙作响;偷盗(牛、马等);n.沙沙声声 | |
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admiration
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flannel
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n.法兰绒;法兰绒衣服 | |
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standing
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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shuffling
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adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式 | |
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regain
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vt.重新获得,收复,恢复 | |
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smoothly
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bust
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perfectly
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gasped
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innocence
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puff
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drooped
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弯曲或下垂,发蔫( droop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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reassured
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evoked
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[医]诱发的 | |
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coppers
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铜( copper的名词复数 ); 铜币 | |
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peculiar
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forth
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acme
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distrait
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unnatural
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murmur
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ennui
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gliding
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recipient
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devouring
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semblance
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redress
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appalling
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almighty
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wagon
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turmoil
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retired
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drawn
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poise
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sneer
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savagely
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