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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 I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
again
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
allow
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From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
appeal
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
arrived
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From this reading Father was away in Pretoria on business when Tuys arrived at Rietvlei.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Father was away in Pretoria on business when Tuys arrived at Rietvlei.
away
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From this reading Father was away in Pretoria on business when Tuys arrived at Rietvlei.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
Buno
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
Buno's
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
business
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From this reading Father was away in Pretoria on business when Tuys arrived at Rietvlei.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
death
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
death-dealing
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
dies
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
dying
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
escapes
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
Father
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From this reading Father was away in Pretoria on business when Tuys arrived at Rietvlei.
felt
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From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
funeral
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
go
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From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
guardian
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
heard
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From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
ill
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From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
illness
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
impis
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Father was away in Pretoria on business when Tuys arrived at Rietvlei.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
keen
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From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
king
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
knew
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From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
last
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
later
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From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
like
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
made
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From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
makes
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
meet
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
meets
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
mother
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From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
murder
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Father was away in Pretoria on business when Tuys arrived at Rietvlei.
people
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
persuaded
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From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
Pretoria
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From this reading Father was away in Pretoria on business when Tuys arrived at Rietvlei.
puff-adder
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
queens
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
race
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
recently
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From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
Rietvlei
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From this reading Father was away in Pretoria on business when Tuys arrived at Rietvlei.
royal
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
rumor
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From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
sacrifice
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
salute
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
savage
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
second
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From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
sure
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From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
suspects
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
Swaziland
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
trip
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From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
true
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
Tuys
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
Tzaneen
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
Umzulek
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
Very
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From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
visit
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Father was away in Pretoria on business when Tuys arrived at Rietvlei.
widow
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From this reading I visit Swaziland again--Buno's illness--An appeal from the king--The race against death--Umzulek meets us--The dying king--Buno makes Tuys guardian of his people--The last royal salute of the impis--The death-dealing puff-adder--Buno dies like a true savage king--Tzaneen, the royal widow, suspects murder--The queens meet--Tuys escapes the funeral sacrifice.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Very recently we had heard a rumor that Buno was ill, and I was very keen to go with Tuys on this trip.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I felt sure that my father would not allow me to, but I knew that my mother could be persuaded to let me go.
year
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From this reading It was about a year later that I made my second trip into Swaziland.
