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Chapter 24 PRISONERS!
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Chapter 24 PRISONERS!
EVERYONE waited till the last man had disappeared down the column. Then Bill spoke1.
"Well, I'm blessed if I'll ever look at a treasure map again, or listen to anything you kids have to tellme! It's fatal. We plunge2 into trouble immediately. Jack3 — Philip — can you possibly loosen yourropes?"
"I've been trying," said Philip, and Jack said the same. "Those beasts know how to tie knots all right.
The rope is biting into my ankles like anything, and I can hardly move my hands."All of them had their hands tied behind their backs, and it was really impossible to get free. Billrolled himself over and over to the girls. He was very sorry for poor Lucy-Ann. Dinah was tougher,more like a boy — but Lucy-Ann couldn't help being scared.
"Lucy-Ann, don't be upset," said Bill, ending up just by her. "We'll think of some wonderful way toget even with these rogues4."
"I hope they'll get lost in the labyrinth," said Jack fiercely, still struggling with the rope that tied hiswrists.
"They probably will," said Bill. "In any case they'll be a long time gone. We must somehow get freebefore they come back."
"The first thing I do when I get free is to hop5 inside the column and get some of the food we putdown there," said Jack. "That's if the brutes7 have left us any! I bet they've taken most of it withthem."
Bill privately8 thought they probably would have taken it, but he didn't say so. He gave up trying toloosen the rope round his wrists. It only made it cut into his flesh unbearably9.
He looked round to see if there was a sharp stone he could perhaps rub his ropes on. He saw one androlled over to it. But as his hands were behind his back he couldn't see what he was doing, and cut hisfingers on the stone till they bled. He gave it up.
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1 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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2 plunge | |
v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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3 jack | |
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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4 rogues | |
n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 );无赖;调皮捣蛋的人;离群的野兽 | |
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5 hop | |
n.单脚跳,跳跃;vi.单脚跳,跳跃;着手做某事;vt.跳跃,跃过 | |
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6 brute | |
n.野兽,兽性 | |
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7 brutes | |
兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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8 privately | |
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地 | |
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9 unbearably | |
adv.不能忍受地,无法容忍地;慌 | |
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10 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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11 tugged | |
v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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12 caressing | |
爱抚的,表现爱情的,亲切的 | |
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13 pricked | |
刺,扎,戳( prick的过去式和过去分词 ); 刺伤; 刺痛; 使剧痛 | |
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14 fiddling | |
微小的 | |
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15 bout | |
n.侵袭,发作;一次(阵,回);拳击等比赛 | |
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16 undo | |
vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销 | |
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17 undone | |
a.未做完的,未完成的 | |
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18 gnaw | |
v.不断地啃、咬;使苦恼,折磨 | |
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19 interfere | |
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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20 persevering | |
a.坚忍不拔的 | |
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21 marvelled | |
v.惊奇,对…感到惊奇( marvel的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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22 gnawing | |
a.痛苦的,折磨人的 | |
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23 groan | |
vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音 | |
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24 groaning | |
adj. 呜咽的, 呻吟的 动词groan的现在分词形式 | |
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25 dangling | |
悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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26 numb | |
adj.麻木的,失去感觉的;v.使麻木 | |
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27 contented | |
adj.满意的,安心的,知足的 | |
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28 grunts | |
(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的第三人称单数 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说; 石鲈 | |
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29 steadily | |
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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30 thoroughly | |
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31 chattering | |
n. (机器振动发出的)咔嗒声,(鸟等)鸣,啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的,啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式 | |
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32 beak | |
n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 | |
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33 sniff | |
vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视 | |
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34 massaging | |
按摩,推拿( massage的现在分词 ) | |
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