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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 It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
absence
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From this reading There was no sign of any one having been there in his absence.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Gliding along as silently as a ghost, he reached the dwelling of Japazy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
any
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From this reading The darkness had swallowed him up before any of the group had come through the door.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Gliding along as silently as a ghost, he reached the dwelling of Japazy.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There was no sign of any one having been there in his absence.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The darkness had swallowed him up before any of the group had come through the door.
Bomba
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From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
break
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
caught
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From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
come
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From this reading The darkness had swallowed him up before any of the group had come through the door.
darkness
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From this reading The darkness had swallowed him up before any of the group had come through the door.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
door
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From this reading The darkness had swallowed him up before any of the group had come through the door.
dwelling
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From this reading Gliding along as silently as a ghost, he reached the dwelling of Japazy.
elderly
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
evident
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
feet
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
FIRE
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
flash
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From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
ghost
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From this reading Gliding along as silently as a ghost, he reached the dwelling of Japazy.
Gliding
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From this reading Gliding along as silently as a ghost, he reached the dwelling of Japazy.
group
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From this reading The darkness had swallowed him up before any of the group had come through the door.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The darkness had swallowed him up before any of the group had come through the door.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading There was no sign of any one having been there in his absence.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Gliding along as silently as a ghost, he reached the dwelling of Japazy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The darkness had swallowed him up before any of the group had come through the door.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was no sign of any one having been there in his absence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was no sign of any one having been there in his absence.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
Japazy
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From this reading Gliding along as silently as a ghost, he reached the dwelling of Japazy.
like
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From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
lurking
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From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
meeting
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
natives
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
never
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From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no sign of any one having been there in his absence.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
off
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From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
ominous
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was no sign of any one having been there in his absence.
reached
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From this reading Gliding along as silently as a ghost, he reached the dwelling of Japazy.
rose
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
sign
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From this reading There was no sign of any one having been there in his absence.
silently
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From this reading Gliding along as silently as a ghost, he reached the dwelling of Japazy.
SPEAKS
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
STICK
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
swallowed
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From this reading The darkness had swallowed him up before any of the group had come through the door.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
there
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From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The darkness had swallowed him up before any of the group had come through the door.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
up
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
utterance
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
words
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From this reading THE FIRE STICK SPEAKS With the utterance of their ominous words the elderly natives rose to their feet, and it was evident that the meeting was about to break up.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would never do to be caught lurking there, and Bomba was off like a flash.
