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alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading We started on along the stream, following the spoor of the baboons as we best could.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I echoed the oath, and, as shall be seen, we kept it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
baboon
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
baboons
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From this reading We started on along the stream, following the spoor of the baboons as we best could.
Babyan's
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
banks
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From this reading But the stream left no spoor, and the hard, rocky banks very little.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I echoed the oath, and, as shall be seen, we kept it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
best
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From this reading We started on along the stream, following the spoor of the baboons as we best could.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the stream left no spoor, and the hard, rocky banks very little.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We started on along the stream, following the spoor of the baboons as we best could.
died
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
dogs
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
echoed
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From this reading I echoed the oath, and, as shall be seen, we kept it.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
exterminated
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
following
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From this reading We started on along the stream, following the spoor of the baboons as we best could.
fragments
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
gained
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From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
hard
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From this reading But the stream left no spoor, and the hard, rocky banks very little.
heard
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I echoed the oath, and, as shall be seen, we kept it.
kept
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From this reading I echoed the oath, and, as shall be seen, we kept it.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the stream left no spoor, and the hard, rocky banks very little.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the stream left no spoor, and the hard, rocky banks very little.
lived
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
marks
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
natives
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But the stream left no spoor, and the hard, rocky banks very little.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
oath
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From this reading I echoed the oath, and, as shall be seen, we kept it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
other
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
Peak
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
rocky
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From this reading But the stream left no spoor, and the hard, rocky banks very little.
seen
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From this reading I echoed the oath, and, as shall be seen, we kept it.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I echoed the oath, and, as shall be seen, we kept it.
spoor
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From this reading We started on along the stream, following the spoor of the baboons as we best could.
spot
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From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
Star
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
started
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From this reading We started on along the stream, following the spoor of the baboons as we best could.
Stella
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From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
stream
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From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
swearing
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
taken
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From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
torn
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
very
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From this reading But the stream left no spoor, and the hard, rocky banks very little.
violence
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From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading We gained the spot by the stream where Stella had been taken.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The natives looked at the torn fragments of the dogs, and at the marks of violence, and I heard them swearing to each other, that whether the Star lived or died they would not rest till they had exterminated every baboon on Babyan’s Peak.
