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CHAPTER XVIII—BOGUS GOLD
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Cold as it was, Jimmy lay for a long time on the sloop1’s deck when he had been stripped of the diving gear. How he had crawled out of the hole and climbed the ladder was not clear to him; he thought that he must have untangled the line as he fell and have been driven forward by an overpowering longing2 for the upper air.
He found some trouble in explaining to Moran what had happened, for he felt limp and shaky yet. And he shuddered3 at the thought of going down again.
“When we once get the box out of the hold,” he said, “there should be no trouble in swinging it on board.”
Moran smoked out a pipe before he took his turn. When the copper4 helmet disappeared, Jimmy got a firm grip on the signal line; and while he waited he looked about.
The days were rapidly shortening, and the light was growing dim. The horizon seemed to be creeping in on them, obscured by smoky fog, which stirred and wreathed about as the wind sprang up. Small ripples5 were splashing round the sloop, and the swell6 was steeper.
“I hope Hank will manage to sling7 that box,” Jimmy said to Bethune, who nodded as he steadily8 turned the pump.
“We may get another turn or two, but that will be all. There’s a breeze behind the heave that’s working in.”
Neither of them said anything further, but waited with what patience they could summon until Moran came up.
“I got the box out of the hold before I was beat; the next man shouldn’t have much trouble in hitching
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sloop
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n.单桅帆船 | |
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v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 );发抖;(机器、车辆等)突然震动;颤动 | |
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n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的 | |
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逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) | |
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hitching
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搭乘; (免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的现在分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上 | |
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gust
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haze
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hoarse
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hoarsely
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gathering
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hemming
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despondently
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ragged
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obedience
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surmised
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极大危险( peril的名词复数 ); 危险的事(或环境) | |
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stolid
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impatience
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perpendicularly
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exultant
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floe
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hoisted
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glimmering
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extravagant
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exultantly
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erratic
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adj.古怪的,反复无常的,不稳定的 | |
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afterward
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deferred
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scuttle
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shrouds
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tingle
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vi.感到刺痛,感到激动;n.刺痛,激动 | |
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luxurious
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determined
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chisel
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n.凿子;v.用凿子刻,雕,凿 | |
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plunged
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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slash
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exclamation
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tilting
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seamanlike
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lurch
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crook
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locker
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