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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 licked for a long time, and pressed his tongue against me, and then began to snap.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He licked for a long time, and pressed his tongue against me, and then began to snap.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He licked my hands, but not as formerly when he fawned.
began
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From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
biting
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From this reading Evidently he felt like biting my hand, but did not want to do so.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He licked my hands, but not as formerly when he fawned.
Búlka
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From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
caught
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From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Evidently he felt like biting my hand, but did not want to do so.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
Evidently
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From this reading Evidently he felt like biting my hand, but did not want to do so.
fawned
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From this reading He licked my hands, but not as formerly when he fawned.
feel
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From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
felt
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From this reading Evidently he felt like biting my hand, but did not want to do so.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He licked for a long time, and pressed his tongue against me, and then began to snap.
formerly
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From this reading He licked my hands, but not as formerly when he fawned.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
hand
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From this reading Evidently he felt like biting my hand, but did not want to do so.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He licked my hands, but not as formerly when he fawned.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
lick
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From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
licked
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From this reading He licked my hands, but not as formerly when he fawned.
like
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From this reading Evidently he felt like biting my hand, but did not want to do so.
live
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From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
long
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From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He licked for a long time, and pressed his tongue against me, and then began to snap.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading He licked my hands, but not as formerly when he fawned.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
pressed
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From this reading He licked for a long time, and pressed his tongue against me, and then began to snap.
prisoners
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From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
salvation
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From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
saw
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From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
snap
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From this reading He licked for a long time, and pressed his tongue against me, and then began to snap.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Evidently he felt like biting my hand, but did not want to do so.
Soon
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From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
started
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From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
then
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From this reading He licked for a long time, and pressed his tongue against me, and then began to snap.
time
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From this reading He licked for a long time, and pressed his tongue against me, and then began to snap.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
tongue
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From this reading He licked for a long time, and pressed his tongue against me, and then began to snap.
too
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From this reading Búlka, too, did not live long after the prisoners had caught him.
unhappy
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From this reading Soon after his salvation from the prisoners he began to feel unhappy, and started to lick everything that he saw.
want
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From this reading Evidently he felt like biting my hand, but did not want to do so.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He licked my hands, but not as formerly when he fawned.
