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Circumstances took me to the Holy Land without a companion, and compelled me to visit Bethany, the Mount of Olives, and the Church of the Sepulchre alone. I acknowledge myself to be a gregarious1 animal, or, perhaps, rather one of those which nature has intended to go in pairs. At any rate I dislike solitude2, and especially travelling solitude, and was, therefore, rather sad at heart as I sat one night at Z—’s hotel, in Jerusalem, thinking over my proposed wanderings for the next few days. Early on the following morning I intended to start, of course on horseback, for the Dead Sea, the banks of Jordan, Jericho, and those mountains of the wilderness3 through which it is supposed that Our Saviour4 wandered for the forty days when the devil tempted5 him. I would then return to the Holy City, and remaining only long enough to refresh my horse and wipe the dust from my hands and feet, I would start again for Jaffa, and there catch a certain Austrian steamer which would take me to Egypt. Such was my programme, and I confess that I was but ill contented6 with it, seeing that I was to be alone during the time.
I had already made all my arrangements, and though I had no reason for any doubt as to my personal security during the trip, I did not feel altogether satisfied with them. I intended to take a French guide, or dragoman, who had been with me for some days, and to put myself under the peculiar7 guardianship8 of two Bedouin Arabs, who were to accompany me as long as I should remain east of Jerusalem. This travelling through the desert under the protection of Bedouins was, in idea, pleasant enough; and I must here declare that I did not at all begrudge
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adj.群居的,喜好群居的 | |
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saviour
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tariffs
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groom
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virgin
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flask
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亲密( intimacy的名词复数 ); 密切; 亲昵的言行; 性行为 | |
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n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 );锹;推土机、挖土机等的)铲;铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 );锹;推土机、挖土机等的)铲;铲形部份 | |
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calf
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chafe
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twitching
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n.颤搐 | |
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mischief
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n.损害,伤害,危害;恶作剧,捣蛋,胡闹 | |
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bribe
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molestation
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n.骚扰,干扰,调戏;折磨 | |
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hoods
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n.兜帽( hood的名词复数 );头巾;(汽车、童车等的)折合式车篷;汽车发动机罩v.兜帽( hood的第三人称单数 );头巾;(汽车、童车等的)折合式车篷;汽车发动机罩 | |
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vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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growl
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appellation
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n.名称,称呼 | |
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reverence
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n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬 | |
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n.名称,称号( appellation的名词复数 ) | |
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chaff
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v.取笑,嘲笑;n.谷壳 | |
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writ
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n.命令状,书面命令 | |
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undo
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vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销 | |
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descend
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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subterranean
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chapel
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ferocious
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adj.凶猛的,残暴的,极度的,十分强烈的 | |
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ferociously
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野蛮地,残忍地 | |
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uncouth
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obedience
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opposition
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tapers
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interrogated
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v.询问( interrogate的过去式和过去分词 );审问;(在计算机或其他机器上)查询 | |
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fowl
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