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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
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MELANCHOLY1 CONDITION—OCCURRENCE AT THE TI—ANECDOTE OF MARHEYO—SHAVING THE HEAD OF A WARRIOR2
IN looking back to this period, and calling to remembrance the numberless proofs of kindness and respect which I received from the natives of the valley, I can scarcely understand how it was that, in the midst of so many consolatory3 circumstances, my mind should still have been consumed by the most dismal4 forebodings, and have remained a prey5 to the profoundest melancholy. It is true that the suspicious circumstances which had attended the disappearance6 of Toby were enough of themselves to excite distrust with regard to the savages7, in whose power I felt myself to be entirely9 placed, especially when it was combined with the knowledge that these very men, kind and respectful as they were to me, were, after all, nothing better than a set of cannibals.
But my chief source of anxiety, and that which poisoned every temporary enjoyment10, was the mysterious disease in my leg, which still remained unabated. All the herbal applications of Tinor, united with the severer discipline of the old leech12, and the affectionate nursing of Kory-Kory, had failed to relieve me. I was almost a cripple, and the pain I endured at intervals13 was agonizing14
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melancholy
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warrior
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consolatory
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dismal
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prey
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disappearance
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savages
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| 未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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| ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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enjoyment
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| n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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| 减少( abate的过去式和过去分词 ); 减去; 降价; 撤消(诉讼) | |
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leech
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| n.水蛭,吸血鬼,榨取他人利益的人;vt.以水蛭吸血;vi.依附于别人 | |
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intervals
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| n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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| adj.痛苦难忍的;使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦;折磨(agonize的ing形式) | |
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malady
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amendment
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counteract
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| vt.对…起反作用,对抗,抵消 | |
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destined
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abode
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bustle
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animation
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| n.活泼,兴奋,卡通片/动画片的制作 | |
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taboo
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groves
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| 树丛,小树林( grove的名词复数 ) | |
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recesses
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| v.将(手臂等)靠在某人(某物)上( repose的现在分词 ) | |
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instinctive
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impatience
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countenance
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inflexible
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rigidity
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proceeding
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solely
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alteration
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| 反复地说,重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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countenances
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confirmation
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| n.证实,确认,批准 | |
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perfidious
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| adj.不忠的,背信弃义的 | |
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tempted
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uncouth
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| adj.无教养的,粗鲁的 | |
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contemplate
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| vt.盘算,计议;周密考虑;注视,凝视 | |
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ascertain
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| vt.发现,确定,查明,弄清 | |
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allay
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| v.消除,减轻(恐惧、怀疑等) | |
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sedulous
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| adj.勤勉的,努力的 | |
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rudiments
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disposition
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motive
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inexplicable
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applied
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inspection
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| 把…吊起,升起( hoist的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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apex
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uncertainty
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doff
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civilized
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| a.有教养的,文雅的 | |
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propriety
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enveloped
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| v.包围,笼罩,包住( envelop的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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dames
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augmenting
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sublime
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mantle
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admiration
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forth
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tattered
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procured
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paternal
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divesting
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valiant
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costly
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armour
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| (=armor)n.盔甲;装甲部队 | |
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accurately
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tattooed
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laboriously
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previously
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writhed
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| (因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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infliction
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martyr
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fortitude
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