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Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves! Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier. Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows. Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ... 3070 ...
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used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.”
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading “Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.”
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From this reading 3070 ...
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
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From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.
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From this reading Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.
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From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
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From this reading Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.
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From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
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From this reading Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.
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From this reading Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.
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From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
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From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
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From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
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From this reading Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.
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From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
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From this reading Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.
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From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
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From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
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From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.
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From this reading Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.
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From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
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From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
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From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
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From this reading Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.
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From this reading Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.
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From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
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From this reading Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.
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From this reading Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.
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From this reading Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
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From this reading Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Then he stepped back and squinted under shaggy gray eyebrows.
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From this reading Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Letter by letter, number by number, he coaxed out the designation on the crumpled bow of the spacer in the vine-matted gorge: "RT ...
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Their chances hung literally on a prayer ... which they had to answer all by themselves!
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading Angus McIntosh vigorously scuffed the tarnished nameplate on the wrecked cargo carrier.
