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Chapter XIX
WAR! RED WAR! Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word. It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it. “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading ““Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.”
during the time that
From this reading ““Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.”
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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 It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.
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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.
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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
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From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.
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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.
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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
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From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
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From this reading RED WAR!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WAR!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.
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From this reading It was a sight to watch Curtis’ face as he heard it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
in or at the place that
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
during the time that
From this reading “Great Heavens!” he said: “here have I been sleeping away while Nyleptha was nearly murdered—and all through me, too.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Telling Umslopogaas to wait, I tumbled into my clothes and went off with him to Sir Henry’s room, where the Zulu repeated his story word for word.
