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And right there came an exhibition of the superior nature of female intelligence. Madam quickly withdrew into the nest, doubtless resolved to remain there until the storm should blow over. Father Woodpecker, perceiving that he lacked an audience, angrily jerked his wet wings a few times, apparently to convince himself that he really was of some importance, and then dipped into the woods again in search of more grubs.
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Hudson’s “Green Mansions.” William Henry Hudson （1841-1922）, English naturalist and author, whose Green Mansions is his classic romance of the tropical forest.
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sword slash, path as if made by the slash or cut of a sword.
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exuberant foliage, abundant cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches.
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logged-off land, land in which the trees have been logged-off or cut.
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antics, grotesque postures, movements, or tricks.
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woodpeckers， 啄木鸟，birds having spiny tail feathers used to aid in climbing, or resting on, tree trunks, and a hard chisel-like bill used to drill into trees for insects.
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stub, tree stump; the short, blunt remnant of a tree.
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dipped away . The flight of a woodpecker is a succession of dips and rises, a series of concave curves.
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thunderheads, rounded masses of cumulus cloud, with shining edges, often seen before a thunderstorm.
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demented, crazy or mad; deprived of reason.
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beetles . The shape of automobiles is likened to that of beetles.
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rank, luxuriant or coarse in growth; overgrown.
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brake ferns, any of various ferns with remotely compound ferns;ferns growing close together.
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proffered, offered for acceptance.
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grub, larva of insect, caterpillar, maggot.
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curtsying, feminine salutation by bending knees and lowering body.
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“the sauce to meat is ceremony.” Ceremony adds relish to a meal. A certain amount of formality makes the meal more enjoyable.
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Scotch thanes, in Scotland, members of a rank between ordinary freemen and hereditary nobles.
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“punky,” having rotten wood.
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incubating eggs, hatching eggs by sitting on them.
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“bring home the bacon,” return home with the food that he has gone forth to seek; return home in victory.
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staccato, abrupt and sharp.
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reverberated, echoed.
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