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Chapter VII
“He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say. The answer came in a roar of rage. “By God, we'll show you!” “If you want him, take him. But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““If you want him, take him.”
except if; if not
From this reading “But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.”
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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 The answer came in a roar of rage.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
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From this reading The answer came in a roar of rage.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “By God, we'll show you!”
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From this reading The answer came in a roar of rage.
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From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “By God, we'll show you!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
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From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you want him, take him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The answer came in a roar of rage.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The answer came in a roar of rage.
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From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The answer came in a roar of rage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The answer came in a roar of rage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “By God, we'll show you!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you want him, take him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
except if; if not
From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you want him, take him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But don't come unless you are ready to pay the price!” warned the officer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “By God, we'll show you!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “He's my prisoner and you can't have him,” the girl heard the ranger say.
