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Martin had gone down the valley to watch the woodmen felling oaks in the Prior’s Wood when old Holt rode out on a mule1 in search of him. He found Martin stripped like the men and working with them, for he loved laboring2 with his hands.
“Brother Martin—Brother Martin!”
“Brother Martin, a word with you.”
Martin passed the felling ax that he had been swinging to one of the men, and crossed over to Father Holt.
“The prior has been asking for you. Get you back at once. Brother Jude has been taken sick, and is lying in the infirmary.”
Martin glanced up at old Holt’s wrinkled, crab-apple of a face.
“I did not ride here to gossip, brother. See to it that you make haste home.”
Martin let old Holt’s testiness5 fly over his shoulders, and went and put on his black frock. The cellarer pushed his mule deeper into the wood where the men were barking one of the fallen trees, and Martin left him there and started alone for Paradise. The great oaks were just coming into leaf, the golden buds opening against the blue of the sky. The young bracken fronds6 were uncurling themselves from the brown tangle7 of last year’s growth, and here and there masses of wild hyacinth made pools of blue. The gorse had begun to burn with a lessened8 splendor9, but the broom had taken fire, and waved its yellow torches everywhere.
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mule
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n.骡子,杂种,执拗的人 | |
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n.劳动,操劳v.努力争取(for)( labor的现在分词 );苦干;详细分析;(指引擎)缓慢而困难地运转 | |
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squeaked
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v.短促地尖叫( squeak的过去式和过去分词 );吱吱叫;告密;充当告密者 | |
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moor
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n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊 | |
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n.蕨类或棕榈类植物的叶子( frond的名词复数 ) | |
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n.纠缠;缠结;混乱;v.(使)缠绕;变乱 | |
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lessened
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减少的,减弱的 | |
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splendor
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n.光彩;壮丽,华丽;显赫,辉煌 | |
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parlor
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n.店铺,营业室;会客室,客厅 | |
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dozing
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v.打瞌睡,假寐 n.瞌睡 | |
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misty
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chapel
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n.小教堂,殡仪馆 | |
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mules
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niggardly
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wayfarers
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lodge
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blessing
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n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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forth
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wilderness
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n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠 | |
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ridge
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n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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esteem
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n.尊敬,尊重;vt.尊重,敬重;把…看作 | |
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hoarded
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beeches
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domes
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n.圆屋顶( dome的名词复数 );像圆屋顶一样的东西;圆顶体育场 | |
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varied
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hollies
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n.冬青(常绿灌木,叶尖而硬,有光泽,冬季结红色浆果)( holly的名词复数 );(用作圣诞节饰物的)冬青树枝 | |
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glistened
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v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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streak
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yews
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n.紫杉( yew的名词复数 ) | |
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lighter
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foliage
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n.叶子,树叶,簇叶 | |
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n.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的名词复数 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了v.百灵科鸟(尤指云雀)( lark的第三人称单数 );一大早就起床;鸡鸣即起;(因太费力而不想干时说)算了 | |
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v.沉重缓慢地走(路)( plod的过去式和过去分词 );努力从事;沉闷地苦干;缓慢进行(尤指艰难枯燥的工作) | |
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stunted
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swell
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vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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standing
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homely
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grotesque
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vessels
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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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tampering
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v.窜改( tamper的现在分词 );篡改;(用不正当手段)影响;瞎摆弄 | |
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larder
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n.食物贮藏室,食品橱 | |
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remains
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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thoroughly
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adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地 | |
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yeast
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importunate
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adj.强求的;纠缠不休的 | |
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a.为...后裔的,出身于...的 | |
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scent
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n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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tempt
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vt.引诱,勾引,吸引,引起…的兴趣 | |
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tempted
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v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词) | |
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taunting
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嘲讽( taunt的现在分词 ); 嘲弄; 辱骂; 奚落 | |
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mattress
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n.床垫,床褥 | |
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orchards
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(通常指围起来的)果园( orchard的名词复数 ) | |
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smothered
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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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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boughs
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大树枝( bough的名词复数 ) | |
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dame
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