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Chapter 20 A THRILLING TIME
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Chapter 20 A THRILLING TIME
The two boys went back to the gates. Dick turned round and looked behind him two or three times. 'Ido hope nobody is shadowing us!' he said. 'I keep on feeling somebody's watching us all the time.'
'Oh, stuff!' said Julian, impatiently. 'Look - here are the gates. Give me a leg-up and I'll be over in ajiffy.'
Dick gave him a shove, and Julian climbed over the gates without much difficulty. They were bolted,not locked. He slid the great bolts carefully, and opened one gate a little for Dick and Timmy.
'Timmy can't be left behind!' he said. 'And he certainly couldn't climb this gate!'
They kept to the shadowed side of the drive as they walked up towards the house. The small mooncame out from behind a cloud as they came near. It was an old house, with high chimneys, an uglyhouse with narrow windows that seemed like watching eyes.
Dick glanced behind him suddenly and Julian saw him. 'Got the jitters1 again?' he said, impatiently.
'Dick, don't be an ass2. You know perfectly3 well that if anyone was shadowing us, Timmy would hearthem and go for them at once.'
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'Yes, I know,' said Dick. 'I'm an idiot - but I've just got that feeling tonight - the feeling that someoneelse is there!'
They came right up to the house. 'How shall we get in?' whispered Julian. 'The doors are all sure to belocked. We'll have to try the windows.'
They tiptoed silently round the big house. As Julian had said, the doors were all locked. The windowswere all fastened too - well and truly fastened. Not one was open or could be opened.
'If this is a house belonging to Gringo he must be able to hide plenty of things in absolute safety -bolted gates, high walls, locked doors, fastened windows!' said Dick. 'No burglar could possibly getin.'
'And neither can we,' said Julian, desperately4. 'We've been all round the house three times now!
There's no door, no window we can get in. No balcony to climb up to - no ivy5 to hang on to -nothing!'
'Let's go round once more,' said Dick. 'We might have missed something.'
So once more they went round - and discovered something curious when they got to the kitchenquarters. The moon came out, and showed them a round black hole in the ground! Whatever could itbe?
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1 jitters | |
n.pl.紧张(通常前面要有the) | |
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2 ass | |
n.驴;傻瓜,蠢笨的人 | |
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3 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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4 desperately | |
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地 | |
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5 ivy | |
n.常青藤,常春藤 | |
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6 briefly | |
adv.简单地,简短地 | |
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7 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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8 crates | |
n. 板条箱, 篓子, 旧汽车 vt. 装进纸条箱 | |
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9 Undid | |
v. 解开, 复原 | |
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10 growled | |
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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11 growl | |
v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣 | |
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12 cistern | |
n.贮水池 | |
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13 outwards | |
adj.外面的,公开的,向外的;adv.向外;n.外形 | |
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14 trickling | |
n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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15 mattress | |
n.床垫,床褥 | |
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16 grunt | |
v.嘟哝;作呼噜声;n.呼噜声,嘟哝 | |
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17 extraordinarily | |
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18 peculiar | |
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19 spat | |
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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20 pyjamas | |
n.(宽大的)睡衣裤 | |
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21 catching | |
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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22 pelting | |
微不足道的,无价值的,盛怒的 | |
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23 attic | |
n.顶楼,屋顶室 | |
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24 snarling | |
v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的现在分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说 | |
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25 darted | |
v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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26 growling | |
n.吠声, 咆哮声 v.怒吠, 咆哮, 吼 | |
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