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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 PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
advanced
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From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
BeneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
besought
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From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
Bomba
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From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.
cries
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From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
CROSSING
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From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
deaf
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From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
disaster
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From this reading The slightest misstep might mean disaster.
ears
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From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
glass
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From this reading Underfoot the trunk was like glass.
gods
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From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
light
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From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.
like
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From this reading Underfoot the trunk was like glass.
mean
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From this reading The slightest misstep might mean disaster.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The slightest misstep might mean disaster.
misstep
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From this reading The slightest misstep might mean disaster.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
PERILOUS
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From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
Pipina
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From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
roared
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From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
scarcely
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From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.
slightest
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From this reading The slightest misstep might mean disaster.
squaw
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From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.
steadily
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From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
thundered
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From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
troubled
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From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.
trunk
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From this reading Underfoot the trunk was like glass.
Underfoot
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From this reading Underfoot the trunk was like glass.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Underfoot the trunk was like glass.
waters
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From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
weight
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From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
whimpered
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From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.