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Chapter 11 THE BARNIES - AND CLOPPER
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Chapter 11 THE BARNIES - AND CLOPPER
When the big barn was full of villagers, and a few more boxes had been fetched for some of the extrachildren, the noise was tremendous. Everyone was laughing and talking, some of the children wereclapping for the show to begin, and the excited farm dogs were yapping and barking at the top oftheir voices!
Timmy was excited, too. He welcomed everyone with a bark and a vigorous wag. Yan was with him,and George was sure that he was pretending that Timmy was his dog! Yan looked cleaner than usual.
Mrs. Penruthlan had actually given him a bath!
'You don't come to the show and you don't come to the supper unless you bath yourself,' shethreatened. But he wouldn't. He said he was 'frit' of the bath!
'I'll be drowned in there,' he said, backing away from it hurriedly. It was already half full of water forhim!
'Frit, are you!' said Mrs. Penruthlan grimly, lifting him up and plunging1 him into the water, clothesand all. 'Well, you'll be fritter still now! Take your clothes off in the water and I'll wash them in thebath when you're clean. Oh, the dirty little varmint that you are!'
Yan screamed the place down as Mrs. Penruthlan scrubbed him and soaped him and flannelled2 him.
He hit out at her, but she gave him one sound spank3 on his small behind, and he stopped verysuddenly. He felt very much at her mercy, and decided5 not to annoy her in any way while he was inthat dreadful bath!
She washed his ragged6 pants and shirt, too, and set them to dry. She wrapped him in an old shawl,and told him to wait till his things dried and then put them on.
'One of these days I'll make you some decent clothes,' she said. 'Little rapscallion that you are!
What a mite7 of a body you've got. I'll need to feed you up a bit!'
Yan brightened up considerably8. Feeding up was the kind of treatment he really liked!
Now he was down in the barn, welcoming everyone with Timmy, and feeling quite important.
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1 plunging | |
adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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2 flannelled | |
穿法兰绒衣服的 | |
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3 spank | |
v.打,拍打(在屁股上) | |
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4 hind | |
adj.后面的,后部的 | |
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5 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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6 ragged | |
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的 | |
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7 mite | |
n.极小的东西;小铜币 | |
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8 considerably | |
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上 | |
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9 cuff | |
n.袖口;手铐;护腕;vt.用手铐铐;上袖口 | |
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10 crook | |
v.使弯曲;n.小偷,骗子,贼;弯曲(处) | |
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11 twitching | |
n.颤搐 | |
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12 shuffling | |
adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式 | |
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13 drawn | |
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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14 fiddle | |
n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动 | |
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15 tune | |
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 | |
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16 fiddled | |
v.伪造( fiddle的过去式和过去分词 );篡改;骗取;修理或稍作改动 | |
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17 heartily | |
adv.衷心地,诚恳地,十分,很 | |
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18 galloped | |
(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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19 gallop | |
v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展 | |
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20 guffaw | |
n.哄笑;突然的大笑 | |
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21 writhing | |
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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22 wriggling | |
v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的现在分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等);蠕蠕 | |
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23 hoof | |
n.(马,牛等的)蹄 | |
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24 promptly | |
adv.及时地,敏捷地 | |
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25 pandemonium | |
n.喧嚣,大混乱 | |
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26 guffaws | |
n.大笑,狂笑( guffaw的名词复数 )v.大笑,狂笑( guffaw的第三人称单数 ) | |
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27 shuffle | |
n.拖著脚走,洗纸牌;v.拖曳,慢吞吞地走 | |
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28 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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29 idiotic | |
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30 awfully | |
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31 acting | |
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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32 solitary | |
adj.孤独的,独立的,荒凉的;n.隐士 | |
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33 whacking | |
adj.(用于强调)巨大的v.重击,使劲打( whack的现在分词 ) | |
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34 gravy | |
n.肉汁;轻易得来的钱,外快 | |
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35 scattering | |
n.[物]散射;散乱,分散;在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的;分散在不同范围的;广泛扩散的;(选票)数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式);散布;驱散 | |
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36 alas | |
int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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37 undone | |
a.未做完的,未完成的 | |
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38 tugged | |
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