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CHAPTER XIV TREACHERY
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The afternoon was nearly over and the frost intense when Andrew plodded1 up the frozen river with Carnally and Graham. The snow crunched2 with a squeaking3 sound beneath their moccasins, which Andrew had had specially4 made because ordinary boots are not adapted to the extreme cold of the North. On their western hand the pines stood out sharp and black against a coppery glare, and as they passed the wider openings the light struck dazzlingly into their aching eyes. Ahead the white riband of river led into a wilderness5 of rocks and stunted6 trees, but there was no sign of life in all the picture, and everything was very still.
The men were not heavily loaded, for most of their supplies had been sent on to the mine, but Andrew had found his pack a bad enough handicap on the long march up-river and had noticed with some concern that Graham seemed to feel the weight more than he did. The old man had lagged behind, but he now came up breathless.
"You want to get a move on," Carnally advised. "It's 'most six miles yet to Rain Bluff7 and I'm feeling ready for my supper."
"So am I," said Graham; "but it was too cold to rest by the greenwood fire when we nooned, and I'm not so young as you are. Then it is remarkable8 how twenty years of domestic life soften9 one."
[Pg 144]"Sure!" grinned Carnally. "You don't find the man who gets his dinner every day leading in a long, hard march. That was Allinson's trouble when he first took the trail with me."
"There may be disadvantages in having regular meals, but I know from painful experience what an ache in the side you get when forced to go without," Andrew returned. "It's one of the things I've learned in Canada."
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plodded
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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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crunched
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v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的过去式和过去分词 );嘎吱作响;(快速大量地)处理信息;数字捣弄 | |
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squeaking
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v.短促地尖叫( squeak的现在分词 );吱吱叫;告密;充当告密者 | |
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wilderness
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soften
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galled
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rime
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ragged
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hummocks
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treacherous
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looming
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n.上现蜃景(光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼)v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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fatigued
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savagery
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savage
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solitudes
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v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 );(敏捷地)抱起;抢先获得;用铲[勺]等挖(洞等) | |
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ironical
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lode
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n.矿脉 | |
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avarice
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prospectors
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remonstrance
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lumber
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dealing
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ardent
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abrupt
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fixed
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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mighty
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recoiled
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v.畏缩( recoil的过去式和过去分词 );退缩;报应;返回 | |
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hatred
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creek
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mused
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v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
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