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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 _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
archway
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From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
aside
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
Attack
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From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
back
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
big
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
Boer
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
busied
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
carefully
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
corridor
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From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
De
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
Dutchman
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
entrance
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From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
fellow
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
flashed
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
forehead
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
Gutierrez
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From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
half-breed
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
Hans
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
heavy-set
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
here
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
image
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
images
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
jerkin
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
Jetta
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From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
knee-length
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
knees
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From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
knew
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
laid
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
leather
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
lens-finder
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
MinepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
mirror
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
moment
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From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
needle
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From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
opportunity
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From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
pantaloons
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
projector
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From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
sat
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From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
saw
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
scenes
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
soon
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From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
speak
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From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
There
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From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This Gutierrez was very watchful.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
very
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From this reading This Gutierrez was very watchful.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
watchful
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From this reading This Gutierrez was very watchful.
watchfully
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From this reading Gutierrez sat watchfully by the archway corridor entrance with a needle projector across his knees.
weapon
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
wide
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
wide-collared
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From this reading The fellow Hans, a big, heavy-set half-breed Dutchman with a wide-collared leather jerkin and wide, knee-length pantaloons, laid his weapon carefully aside and busied himself with his image mirror.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _The Attack on the Mine_ There was a moment when I had an opportunity to speak with Jetta.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There would soon be images upon it, I knew: De Boer had the lens-finder on his forehead, and the scenes at the mine, as De Boer saw them would be flashed back to us here.
