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Mellis lay in a patch of young bracken in a little glade1 among the beech2 trees. They had tied her feet together, but left her hands free, after searching her and taking away her poniard. Five paces away a man stood on guard—a man with the beard of a goat and stupid eyes hard as gray stones out of a brook3.
Mellis lay very still, the fronds4 of the fern arching over her and throwing little flecks5 of shadow on her face. But though her bosom6 hardly betrayed her breathing, and her hands lay motionless among the bracken stems, all that was quick and vital in her lived in her eyes. The pupils were big and black and sensitive with fear, wild, tremulous eyes in a white and anguished7 face.
For a great fear gripped her—the nameless, instinctive8 fear of the wild creature caught in a trap, where struggling is of no avail. She waited, listened, counted the beats of her own heart, closed her eyes at times so that she might not see the imbecile face of the man who guarded her. But even a moment’s blindness quickened her fear, her quivering dread9 of what might happen.
She was snared10, helpless, and felt a great hand ready to close over her. The violence of young Nigel’s death had shocked her horribly. She could not get the vision of the poor fool out of her head; he was still screaming and writhing11 on Rich’s spear. The patches of blue sky between the trees seemed hard as steel; there was no softness in the sunlight on the bracken.
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glade
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n.林间空地,一片表面有草的沼泽低地 | |
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n.山毛榉;adj.山毛榉的 | |
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n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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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.斑点,小点( fleck的名词复数 );癍 | |
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v.用罗网捕捉,诱陷,陷害( snare的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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cowardice
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passionate
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spat
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insolent
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sullen
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gallop
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tickles
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(使)发痒( tickle的第三人称单数 ); (使)愉快,逗乐 | |
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saluted
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v.欢迎,致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 );赞扬,赞颂 | |
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beeches
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plume
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n.羽毛;v.整理羽毛,骚首弄姿,用羽毛装饰 | |
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卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 ); 叛徒; 背叛者; 背信弃义的人 | |
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bantering
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adj.嘲弄的v.开玩笑,说笑,逗乐( banter的现在分词 );(善意地)取笑,逗弄 | |
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gliding
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v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的 | |
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enchantment
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repent
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humility
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v.凝结,凝固 | |
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labor
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pointed
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leisurely
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parley
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n.傲慢;无礼;厚颜;傲慢的态度 | |
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dagger
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n.匕首,短剑,剑号 | |
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squint
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v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的 | |
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audacity
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shameful
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devout
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adj.虔诚的,虔敬的,衷心的 (n.devoutness) | |
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chastisement
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ironical
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taunted
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嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 ); 嘲弄; 辱骂; 奚落 | |
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awry
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nostrils
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brass
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n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器 | |
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