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The Poisoning of the Swords.
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IT was New Year’s Eve, and eleven o’clock at night. All over this great land, and in every great city in the land, curly heads were lying on white pillows, dreaming of the coming of the generous Santa Claus. Innumerable stockings hung by countless1 bedsides. Visions of beautiful toys, passing in splendid pageantry through myriads2 of dimly lit dormitories, made millions of little hearts palpitate in sleep. Ah! what heavenly toys those were that the children of this soil beheld3, that mystic night, in their dreams! Painted cars with orchestral wheels, making music more delicious than the roll of planets. Agile4 men of cylindrical5 figure, who sprang unexpectedly out of meek-looking boxes, with a supernatural fierceness in their crimson6 cheeks and fur-whiskers. Herds7 of marvellous sheep, with fleeces as impossible as the one that Jason sailed after; animals entirely8 indifferent to grass and water and “rot” and “ticks.” Horses spotted9 with an astounding10 regularity11, and furnished with the most ingenious methods of locomotion12. Slender foreigners, attired13 in painfully short
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countless
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cylindrical
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crimson
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herds
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astounding
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| adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊,使大吃一惊astound的现在分词) | |
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regularity
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locomotion
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tunics
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| n.(动植物的)膜皮( tunic的名词复数 );束腰宽松外衣;一套制服的短上衣;(天主教主教等穿的)短祭袍 | |
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exhausted
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elevation
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ostrich
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scarlet
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providence
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behold
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| v.(尤指动物或植物器官)分泌( secrete的过去式和过去分词 );隐匿,隐藏 | |
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| adj.调谐的,已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调 | |
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conclave
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scowl
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| 怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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glutinous
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daggers
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| 匕首,短剑( dagger的名词复数 ) | |
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reeking
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| v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 );散发臭气;发出难闻的气味 (of sth);明显带有(令人不快或生疑的跡象) | |
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| 墓地( graveyard的名词复数 ); 垃圾场; 废物堆积处; 收容所 | |
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maker
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shunned
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hover
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| vi.翱翔,盘旋;徘徊;彷徨,犹豫 | |
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stews
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scenting
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vapor
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wretch
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swells
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| 增强( swell的第三人称单数 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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venom
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