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CHAPTER VIII ALEC HINTS AT DARK THINGS
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Hal was willing to swear that he had not been asleep more than ten minutes when he was awakened1 by the beating of a pan with a stick and Pat's roar of "Breakfast! All hands out for breakfast!" He rolled over sleepily so as to look out. Pat was laughing at him. Beyond the firelight and from the tiny strip of sky above the dark tree tops he could see a few pale stars blinking at him weakly.
"Aw, Pat, that's no joke. You may think it's funny, but it isn't," he growled2, and there was a note of real anger this time.
"You know what—waking a feller up when he's just got to sleep and is dead tired and got a hard day coming!" flared4 Hal.
"Aisy, aisy, son! Do ye think I would be frying bacon in the middle of the night for a joke? 'Tis meself has been up this good hour and 'tis six o'clock this very minute. 'Twill be daylight by the toime we be ready to start," returned Pat good-humoredly.
Hal had it on the tip of his tongue to say that he didn't believe it, but by this time he was sufficiently5 awake to smell the bacon and hear it sizzle and sputter6 in the pan. Moreover, his companions were already kicking off their blankets, and he had the good sense to realize that Pat meant just what he said. Still, it was hard to believe, and it was not until he had reached for his watch that he was convinced that it really was time to prepare for another day's tramp. Then he hastily crawled from his blankets, his good humor fully7 restored, for Hal was a good sport, and there was nothing of the shirk about him.
"I beg pardon, Pat," said he, as he joined the two shivering figures crowding as close to the fire as they could comfortably get while they watched Pat stir up the pancake
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awakened
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growled
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| v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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chuckle
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| vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑 | |
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Flared
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| adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词 | |
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sputter
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batter
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radius
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lug
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brass
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gee
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novices
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thighs
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watchful
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considerably
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lighter
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pointed
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thicket
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hemlocks
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| 由毒芹提取的毒药( hemlock的名词复数 ) | |
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scraps
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briefly
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inquiry
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hunch
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grouse
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tempted
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overcast
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doggerel
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buckled
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hiss
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entirely
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feat
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den
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respite
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stimulating
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gasping
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| adj. 气喘的, 痉挛的 动词gasp的现在分词 | |
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rugged
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exhausted
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helping
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bustled
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| 闹哄哄地忙乱,奔忙( bustle的过去式和过去分词 ); 催促 | |
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famished
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stew
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unpack
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| vt.打开包裹(或行李),卸货 | |
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bunks
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gravy
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moss
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killing
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kenned
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sneaked
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backbone
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tickled
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bully
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stifle
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scouts
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embarrassment
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abruptly
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muskrat
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twigs
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recital
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scouting
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| 守候活动,童子军的活动 | |
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