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CHAPTER XXXIX — They Fall In With Strangers
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After quitting the Parki, we had much calm weather, varied1 by light breezes. And sailing smoothly2 over a sea, so recently one sheet of foam3, I could not avoid bethinking me, how fortunate it was, that the gale4 had overtaken us in the brigantine, and not in the Chamois. For deservedly high as the whale-shallop ranks as a sea boat; still, in a severe storm, the larger your craft the greater your sense of security. Wherefore, the thousand reckless souls tenanting a line-of- battle ship scoff5 at the most awful hurricanes; though, in reality, they may be less safe in their wooden-walled Troy, than those who contend with the gale in a clipper.
But not only did I congratulate myself upon salvation6 from the past, but upon the prospect7 for the future. For storms happening so seldom in these seas, one just blown over is almost a sure guarantee of very many weeks' calm weather to come.
Now sun followed sun; and no land. And at length it almost seemed as if we must have sailed past the remotest presumable westerly limit of the chain of islands we sought; a lurking8 suspicion which I — sedulously9 kept to myself However, I could not but nourish a latent faith that all would yet be well.
On the ninth day my forebodings were over. In the gray of the dawn, perched upon the peak of our sail, a noddy was seen fast asleep. This freak was true to the nature of that curious fowl10, whose name is significant of its drowsiness
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varied
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adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地 | |
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v./n.泡沫,起泡沫 | |
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gale
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n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等) | |
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scoff
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n.嘲笑,笑柄,愚弄;v.嘲笑,嘲弄,愚弄,狼吞虎咽 | |
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n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困 | |
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prospect
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lurking
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ad.孜孜不倦地 | |
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fowl
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n.家禽,鸡,禽肉 | |
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drowsiness
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catching
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fowls
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鸟( fowl的名词复数 ); 禽肉; 既不是这; 非驴非马 | |
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gulls
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rustling
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pebbles
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[复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 ) | |
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myriads
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n.无数,极大数量( myriad的名词复数 ) | |
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oar
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n.桨,橹,划手;v.划行 | |
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darts
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n.掷飞镖游戏;飞镖( dart的名词复数 );急驰,飞奔v.投掷,投射( dart的第三人称单数 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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swoops
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猛扑,突然下降( swoop的名词复数 ) | |
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prey
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talons
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solitary
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descried
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bough
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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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截取(技术),截接 | |
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mariners
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海员,水手(mariner的复数形式) | |
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glisten
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clamorous
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averse
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musket
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barter
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n.物物交换,以货易货,实物交易 | |
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modifications
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harpoon
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tawny
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divers
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yoke
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prows
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prow
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carving
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sprawling
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adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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dissonant
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determined
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foes
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敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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beholding
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