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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 He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
Bomba
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From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
boy's
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
calmness
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
came
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From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
cloak
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
COILS
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From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
crawled
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From this reading The snake uncoiled and crawled swiftly toward Bomba until it came within striking distance.
death
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
despair
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
distance
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From this reading The snake uncoiled and crawled swiftly toward Bomba until it came within striking distance.
end
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From this reading This then was the end!
eyes
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From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
face
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
fangs
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
fifteen
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
flesh
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
friend
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
fury
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From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
intolerable
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
knew
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
like
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
live
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
malignant
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From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
minutes
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
pallid
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
perhaps
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
poison
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
possibly
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
reptile
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
saw
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From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
seen
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
snake
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From this reading The snake uncoiled and crawled swiftly toward Bomba until it came within striking distance.
snake's
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From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
spread
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From this reading He knew that the reptile had seen him, and over the boy’s face, like a pallid cloak, spread the calmness of despair.
striking
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From this reading The snake uncoiled and crawled swiftly toward Bomba until it came within striking distance.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
sunk
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
swiftly
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From this reading The snake uncoiled and crawled swiftly toward Bomba until it came within striking distance.
ten
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
then
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From this reading This then was the end!
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This then was the end!
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading The snake uncoiled and crawled swiftly toward Bomba until it came within striking distance.
twenty
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
uncoiled
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From this reading The snake uncoiled and crawled swiftly toward Bomba until it came within striking distance.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The snake uncoiled and crawled swiftly toward Bomba until it came within striking distance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This then was the end!
welcomed
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From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The snake uncoiled and crawled swiftly toward Bomba until it came within striking distance.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He might live perhaps ten, fifteen, possibly twenty minutes after the poison fangs had sunk into his flesh, and they would be minutes of such intolerable agony that death, when it came, would be welcomed as a friend.
WRITHING
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From this reading WRITHING COILS Bomba saw the malignant fury that came into the snake’s eyes.
