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CHAPTER XIV
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“A greater liar1 than Moseylama.”—Arabic Proverb.
Three weeks passed, in which the Arabian nursed Ralph Trenchard until the fever, brought on by exhaustion2, thirst and terrific heat, had left him, and left him very sane3 and not unduly4 weak, and very full of gratitude5 to the beautiful girl whom he seemed to have seen at his bedside day and night, and who seemed to have changed her dress a hundred times, if she had changed it once.
The nerve-racking jangle of her bracelets6 and anklets and the overwhelming strength of her perfume drove him wellnigh crazy at times, but, remembering what he would learn from her upon his complete recovery, he stuffed the ends of the silk sheets into his ears and held his nostrils7 forcibly between thumb and finger under cover of the same luxurious8 bed-spread.
Truly once or twice he grievously feared for his reason.
He wakened one night to see a remarkably9 handsome and muscular man, clad in naught10 but a loin-cloth, sitting motionless in the middle of the floor with what looked like a woman’s sandal pressed to his heart; and right strange and idiotic11 did he look, too, when he placed the sandal upon the floor and proceeded to press his forehead upon it. Then, two or three, or maybe more, nights following—for he had completely lost all sense of time—he wakened to see nothing less than a lion rolling
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gambol
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doorway
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abruptly
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locust
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horrified
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int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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alluring
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dwelling
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n.长沙发;(波斯或其他东方诗人的)诗集 | |
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(使某人)窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 ); (将某人)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气 | |
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pungency
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conceal
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v.隐藏,隐瞒,隐蔽 | |
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smothered
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(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制 | |
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rubies
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红宝石( ruby的名词复数 ); 红宝石色,深红色 | |
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tragic
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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jealousy
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tack
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idiocy
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craving
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vt.重新获得,收复,恢复 | |
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adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地 | |
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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mare
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n.母马,母驴 | |
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succumb
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v.屈服,屈从;死 | |
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v.筛( sift的过去式和过去分词 );筛滤;细查;详审 | |
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disappearance
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n.(奔跑极快的)非洲猎豹( cheetah的名词复数 ) | |
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caravan
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lame
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adj.跛的,(辩解、论据等)无说服力的 | |
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squatting
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v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 );非法擅自占用(土地或房屋);为获得其所有权;而占用某片公共用地。 | |
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dire
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adj.可怕的,悲惨的,阴惨的,极端的 | |
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retired
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stimulating
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relaxation
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n.松弛,放松;休息;消遣;娱乐 | |
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scramble
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讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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