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acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
all
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From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
appealing
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
back
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
beautiful
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
Bomba
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From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
Bomba's
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bound
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From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
broad
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
chords
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From this reading What chords of memory did that face stir in Bomba’s heart?
consciousness
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From this reading What recollections, faint and dim as some far off strains of music, were tugging at his consciousness?
dark
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
DEEPENING
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From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What chords of memory did that face stir in Bomba’s heart?
dim
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From this reading What recollections, faint and dim as some far off strains of music, were tugging at his consciousness?
down
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
endearment
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
eyes
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From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
face
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
faint
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From this reading What recollections, faint and dim as some far off strains of music, were tugging at his consciousness?
far
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From this reading What recollections, faint and dim as some far off strains of music, were tugging at his consciousness?
forehead
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
full
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
girlish
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
hair
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
half-smiling
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
heart
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From this reading What chords of memory did that face stir in Bomba’s heart?
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
hut
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
lips
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
looked
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
looking
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From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
love
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
melting
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading What chords of memory did that face stir in Bomba’s heart?
murmur
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
music
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From this reading What recollections, faint and dim as some far off strains of music, were tugging at his consciousness?
MYSTERY
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From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
now
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
off
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From this reading What recollections, faint and dim as some far off strains of music, were tugging at his consciousness?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
picture
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From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
ready
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
recollections
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From this reading What recollections, faint and dim as some far off strains of music, were tugging at his consciousness?
room
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From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
seemed
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
Sobrinini
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
soft
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
some
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From this reading What recollections, faint and dim as some far off strains of music, were tugging at his consciousness?
soul
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From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
stir
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From this reading What chords of memory did that face stir in Bomba’s heart?
strains
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From this reading What recollections, faint and dim as some far off strains of music, were tugging at his consciousness?
tenderness
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
tugging
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From this reading What recollections, faint and dim as some far off strains of music, were tugging at his consciousness?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
waving
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What chords of memory did that face stir in Bomba’s heart?
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE DEEPENING MYSTERY With one bound Bomba was across the room and looking at the picture with all his soul in his eyes.
words
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From this reading And the eyes looked down at him now as they had looked at him in the hut of Sobrinini, full of love and tenderness, while the lips seemed ready to murmur words of endearment.
Yes
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From this reading Yes, it was the same beautiful face, girlish and appealing, the soft hair waving back from the broad forehead, the half-smiling lips, the eyes that were dark and melting.
