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PART 1 CHAPTER 18
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PART 1 CHAPTER
18
O NE SPRING DAY IN ’63, POSTMASTER JEREMIAH P. STUBBS, A FLINTY little man with curling
stack to the boys crowding before him on the campground. We hadn’t seen action since
December, which had given the union troops ample time to destroy the remaining rail lines.
arrived for us. No one had wanted to make the long tramp across the campground to return
couldn’t bear to see the boys as disappointed as I was.
Beards called to me before I reached our tents. “Anything for me?” I shook my head no. The
He nodded his head. “I haven’t had a letter in far too long. She’s forgotten our bargain. I was
a fool to think she’d care for me all this time.” His ears reddened and his eyes narrowed. “She’s
too fine a girl for some other fellow not to steal her. I bet that’s what has happened.”
“Did she ever give you any sign that she’d stopped caring?” I sat down beside him on a log.
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1 tangled | |
adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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2 postal | |
adj.邮政的,邮局的 | |
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3 thigh | |
n.大腿;股骨 | |
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4 bland | |
adj.淡而无味的,温和的,无刺激性的 | |
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5 trudge | |
v.步履艰难地走;n.跋涉,费力艰难的步行 | |
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6 dread | |
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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7 slumped | |
大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下] | |
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8 stump | |
n.残株,烟蒂,讲演台;v.砍断,蹒跚而走 | |
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9 stomped | |
v.跺脚,践踏,重踏( stomp的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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10 unearthed | |
出土的(考古) | |
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11 bereavement | |
n.亲人丧亡,丧失亲人,丧亲之痛 | |
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12 charred | |
v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式);烧焦 | |
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13 trenches | |
深沟,地沟( trench的名词复数 ); 战壕 | |
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14 charcoal | |
n.炭,木炭,生物炭 | |
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