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CHAPTER XXVI A SUSPICIOUS STRANGER
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Andrew returned to Canada satisfied with his English visit. He had not convinced his relatives that his judgment1 was entirely2 to be trusted, but he knew that he stood higher in their esteem3 than he had done; and that was something to be thankful for. Leonard, he thought, would find it more difficult to prejudice them against his plans. On reaching the Lake of Shadows, he found Graham recovering and learned that the Frobishers had left for their home in Denver. After remaining a few days at the Landing he went up to the mine, where the ore showed no sign of improvement. For all that, he spent a month there, waiting until the thaw5 came and maturing his plans for his second journey to Dream Mine.
At last the rotting ice began to yield, and Andrew sat outside Watson's shack6 one day, watching an impressive spectacle. The river broke up with violence, the ice ripping and rending7 with a sound like the roar of artillery8, and as the great torn masses swept away, the water pent up in the higher reaches poured into the gorge9, swollen10 with melting snow. It rolled by in savage11 flood, laden12 with tremendous blocks of ice, some of which, cemented together near falls and rapids, were the size of small frame houses. Among them drove huge floes into which the floating cakes had solidified13
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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(使)成为固体,(使)变硬,(使)变得坚固( solidify的过去式和过去分词 ); 使团结一致; 充实,巩固; 具体化 | |
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eddy
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uproar
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boulders
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labor
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(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的现在分词 ) | |
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vapor
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gust
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foaming
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pebbles
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promontory
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cedar
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copper
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n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的 | |
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n.堵缝;敛缝;捻缝;压紧v.堵(船的)缝( caulk的现在分词 );泥…的缝;填塞;使不漏水 | |
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outlet
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n.出口/路;销路;批发商店;通风口;发泄 | |
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hoarse
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turmoil
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tattered
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abruptly
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hog
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slabs
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n.厚板,平板,厚片( slab的名词复数 );厚胶片 | |
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轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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a.使人消除恐惧和疑虑的,使人放心的 | |
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daunted
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使(某人)气馁,威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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laboriously
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gravel
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crest
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determined
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prospector
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confiding
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impatience
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ripples
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逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) | |
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shingle
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