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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
absolutely
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
all
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
back
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
Boom
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From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
boys
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From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
cared
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
cause
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From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
cut
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From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
day
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From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
days
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
defection
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From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
drawback
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From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
enough
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
extreme
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
Falkner
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From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
find
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
getting
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
gloomy
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
got
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
grey
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
hipped
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
hollow
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From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
hunt
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From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
Jan
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From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
keen
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
keep
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From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
krantzes
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From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
leave
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From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
likely
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
lowering
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
luck
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
lunched
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
now
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
off
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From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
out
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From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
pointed
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From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
proposed
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
rain
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
rocks
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
scrambled
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
show
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From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
showed
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
sick
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
sport
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
spot
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
started
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From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
then
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
waggons
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
walled
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From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
wanted
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From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
way
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From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
weather
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From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It was a grey and lowering day, gloomy in the extreme, and every now and then a spot of rain showed what we were likely to expect, but Falkner was keen on sport, and I was getting hipped, besides, in those days I cared little enough for weather.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
whereforeadverbUS /werˈfɔːr/
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading We scrambled about all the morning among the rocks, with absolutely no luck whatever, and then I got sick of it, wherefore after we had lunched upon what we had brought with us I proposed to find my way back to the waggons.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One day Falkner and I started off to have a hunt among the krantzes beyond those which walled in the hollow.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Falkner of course wanted to keep on, but I pointed out that my defection need cause no drawback to him, for I would leave him the boys and make my way back alone.
young
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From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
Zulus
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From this reading We took Jan Boom with us, and a couple of young Zulus to show us the short cut.
