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It felt appropriate that their climb back to the up top would occur during a power holiday. Jahns could
agony of the descent had been a tease, the discomfort3 of constant movement disguising itself as the
fatigue4 of exercise. But now her frail5 muscles were really put to work. Each step was something to be
conquered. She would lift a boot to the next tread, place a hand on her knee, and push herself another
ten inches up what felt like a million feet of spiral staircase.
The landing to her right displayed the number fifty-eight. Each landing seemed to be in view
Marnes walked beside her, his hand on the inner rail, hers on the outer, the walking stick clanging
on the lonely treads between them. Occasionally, their arms brushed against one another. It felt as
though they’d been away for months, away from their offices, their duties, their cold familiarity. The
adventure down to wrangle10 a new sheriff had played out differently than Jahns had imagined it
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gauge
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v.精确计量;估计;n.标准度量;计量器 | |
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laborious
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frail
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daydream
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loomed
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plodding
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wrangle
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vigor
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anonymity
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peripheral
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toil
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trickled
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mere
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rumors
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vibrations
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buttress
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banter
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retired
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convertible
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linens
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throbbing
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sneaking
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standing
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crook
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squeaked
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接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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fragrant
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burrowed
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wilderness
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numbness
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shuddering
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sobs
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tingle
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touching
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ribs
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hips
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joyous
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appreciation
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succumbing
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slumber
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exhaustion
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feigned
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sparse
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oversee
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generator
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shimmering
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replacement
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smuggled
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restrictions
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possessed
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pact
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ramping
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nomination
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