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Apache devil

Chapter VI

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“That is all,” replied Geronimo.
The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
The night swallowed them.
Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.
A girl looked after them and sighed.
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Apache devil

Chapter VI

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“That is all,” replied Geronimo.
Line 2
The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.
Line 3
The night swallowed them.
Line 4
Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.
Line 5
A girl looked after them and sighed.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “A girl looked after them and sighed.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A girl looked after them and sighed.”

Replied noun US /replied/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““That is all,” replied Geronimo.”

Silence noun US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading “The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.”

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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 A girl looked after them and sighed.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading A girl looked after them and sighed.

all

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From this reading “That is all,” replied Geronimo.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading A girl looked after them and sighed.

bowed

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From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.

eyes

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From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.

faded

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From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.

Geronimo

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From this reading “That is all,” replied Geronimo.

girl

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From this reading A girl looked after them and sighed.

ground

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From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.

head

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From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “That is all,” replied Geronimo.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A girl looked after them and sighed.

moccasins

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From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.

night

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From this reading The night swallowed them.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.

repliednounUS /replied/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “That is all,” replied Geronimo.

rustle

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From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.

sat

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From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.

sighed

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From this reading A girl looked after them and sighed.

silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.

soft

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From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.

swallowed

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From this reading The night swallowed them.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “That is all,” replied Geronimo.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The night swallowed them.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.

war

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From this reading The soft rustle of their war moccasins faded into silence.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Geronimo sat with bowed head, his eyes upon the ground.