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Chapter XXXIX
THE PANTHER. Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him. He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where. Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it. The sailor regarded him with an insolent look.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.”
next to; at the side of
From this reading “Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sailor regarded him with an insolent look.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The sailor regarded him with an insolent look.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
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From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
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From this reading Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.
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From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
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From this reading Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.
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From this reading Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
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From this reading The sailor regarded him with an insolent look.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.
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From this reading Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sailor regarded him with an insolent look.
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From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
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From this reading THE PANTHER.
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From this reading The sailor regarded him with an insolent look.
To recall to mind.
From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
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From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
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From this reading The sailor regarded him with an insolent look.
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From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
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From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
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From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
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From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PANTHER.
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From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Feeling faint, and finding himself beside a gun, he leaned upon it.
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From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
in or at the place that
From this reading He had a vague sense of having seen him before, but could not remember where.
which person or people
From this reading Clare scrambled to his feet, and surveyed the man who had thus roused him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sailor regarded him with an insolent look.
