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Chapter XVI. In which I Turn Smuggler, and the Captain Casuist
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The last night at Midway, I had little sleep; the next morning, after the sun was risen, and the clatter1 of departure had begun to reign2 on deck, I lay a long while dozing3; and when at last I stepped from the companion, the schooner4 was already leaping through the pass into the open sea. Close on her board, the huge scroll5 of a breaker unfurled itself along the reef with a prodigious6 clamour; and behind I saw the wreck7 vomiting8 into the morning air a coil of smoke. The wreaths already blew out far to leeward9, flames already glittered in the cabin skylight; and the sea-fowl were scattered10 in surprise as wide as the lagoon11. As we drew farther off, the conflagration12 of the Flying Scud13 flamed higher; and long after we had dropped all signs of Midway Island, the smoke still hung in the horizon like that of a distant steamer. With the fading out of that last vestige14, the Norah Creina, passed again into the empty world of cloud and water by which she had approached; and the next features that appeared, eleven days later, to break the line of sky, were the
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| v.打瞌睡,假寐 n.瞌睡 | |
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wreck
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vomiting
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leeward
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luring
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| 吸引,引诱(lure的现在分词形式) | |
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metropolitan
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beholding
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smuggle
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| vt.私运;vi.走私 | |
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scouting
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dividend
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champagne
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smuggled
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sterling
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pointed
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bonanza
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juggle
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aluminium
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dire
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forth
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bust
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| vt.打破;vi.爆裂;n.半身像;胸部 | |
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grit
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| n.沙粒,决心,勇气;v.下定决心,咬紧牙关 | |
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complexity
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speculative
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commissioner
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| n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员 | |
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bankruptcy
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legitimate
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| adj.嘲弄的,揶揄的v.嘲笑( jeer的现在分词 ) | |
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winced
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| 赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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catastrophe
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touching
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distressed
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blight
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| n.枯萎病;造成破坏的因素;vt.破坏,摧残 | |
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deficit
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remonstrances
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miserable
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| adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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conscientious
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| adj.审慎正直的,认真的,本着良心的 | |
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cowardice
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creditors
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phoenix
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postscript
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smuggling
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rummaging
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