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Chapter XXX A Skirmish
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The reader need hardly be reminded that, after a council of war held at Derby on the 5th of December, the Highlanders relinquished2 their desperate attempt to penetrate3 farther into England, and, greatly to the dissatisfaction of their young and daring leader, positively4 determined5 to return northward6. They commenced their retreat accordingly, and, by the extreme celerity of their movements, outstripped7 the motions of the Duke of Cumberland, who now pursued them with a very large body of cavalry8.
This retreat was a virtual resignation of their towering hopes. None had been so sanguine9 as Fergus MacIvor; none, consequently, was so cruelly mortified10 at the change of measures. He argued, or rather remonstrated11, with the utmost vehemence12 at the council of war; and, when his opinion was rejected, shed tears of grief and indignation. From that moment his whole manner was so much altered that he could scarcely have been recognised for the same soaring and ardent13 spirit, for whom the whole earth seemed too narrow but a week before. The retreat had continued for several days, when Edward, to his surprise, early on the 12th of December, received a visit from the Chieftain in his quarters, in a hamlet about half- way between Shap and Penrith.
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n.(pl.)高地,山地 | |
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relinquished
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交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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penetrate
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v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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positively
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northward
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adv.向北;n.北方的地区 | |
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v.做得比…更好,(在赛跑等中)超过( outstrip的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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cavalry
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sanguine
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mortified
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v.抗议( remonstrate的过去式和过去分词 );告诫 | |
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vehemence
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ardent
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intercourse
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rupture
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elastic
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wont
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attentive
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melancholy
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nay
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adv.不;n.反对票,投反对票者 | |
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adj.争论不休的;(指问题等)棘手的;争论不休的问题;烦恼的v.使烦恼( vex的过去式和过去分词 );使苦恼;使生气;详细讨论 | |
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entreated
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恳求,乞求( entreat的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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banish
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vt.放逐,驱逐;消除,排除 | |
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embark
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vi.乘船,着手,从事,上飞机 | |
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joint
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embarked
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乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 ); 装载; 从事 | |
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(因违反协议、犯规、受罚等)丧失,失去( forfeit的现在分词 ) | |
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gentry
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rascals
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流氓( rascal的名词复数 ); 无赖; (开玩笑说法)淘气的人(尤指小孩); 恶作剧的人 | |
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gallows
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clan
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winding
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knoll
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impending
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ascertain
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vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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backwards
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audacity
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precisely
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bristled
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adj. 直立的,多刺毛的 动词bristle的过去式和过去分词 | |
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glided
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v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔 | |
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wade
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curdle
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obstruct
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exhausted
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depressed
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regiment
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followers
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