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Chapter I

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The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.
His every motion suggested a jaguar’s stealth.
It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.
He also found himself quite at home in Central America.
Nevertheless, at this moment he was in deep trouble.
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Forbidden Cargoes

Chapter I

Reading 1/51 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.
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His every motion suggested a jaguar’s stealth.
Line 3
It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.
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He also found himself quite at home in Central America.
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Nevertheless, at this moment he was in deep trouble.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “His every motion suggested a jaguar’s stealth.”

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He also found himself quite at home in Central America.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “He also found himself quite at home in Central America.”

Length noun US /leŋθ/

a period of time or extent

From this reading “The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.”

Nevertheless adverb US /ˌnevərðəˈles/

in spite of what has just been said

From this reading “Nevertheless, at this moment he was in deep trouble.”

Printed noun US /printed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

Quite noun US /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He also found himself quite at home in Central America.”

All words in this reading · 87

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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 The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

ability

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From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

also

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From this reading He also found himself quite at home in Central America.

America

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

American

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

back

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

board

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

boy

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

Caribbean

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

cat's

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From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

Central

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

Chicago

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

Co

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

corners

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

dark

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

deep

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From this reading Nevertheless, at this moment he was in deep trouble.

endowed

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From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading His every motion suggested a jaguar’s stealth.

exactly

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

Eye

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

eyes

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

forth

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He also found himself quite at home in Central America.

front

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

gleamed

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He also found himself quite at home in Central America.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He also found himself quite at home in Central America.

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading His every motion suggested a jaguar’s stealth.

home

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From this reading He also found himself quite at home in Central America.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

India

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From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

jaguar's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading His every motion suggested a jaguar’s stealth.

jungle

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

lands

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

Lee

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

lengthnounUS /leŋθ/

a period of time or extent

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

like

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

low

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

moment

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From this reading Nevertheless, at this moment he was in deep trouble.

motion

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From this reading His every motion suggested a jaguar’s stealth.

much

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From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

NeverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/

in spite of what has just been said

From this reading Nevertheless, at this moment he was in deep trouble.

New

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

other

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From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

out

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

paced

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

palm

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

Panther

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From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

plain

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

PrintednounUS /printed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

quitenounUS /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He also found himself quite at home in Central America.

Reilly

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

roof

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

room

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

Sea

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

see

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From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

shack

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

slim

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

sort

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

spent

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From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

States

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

stealth

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From this reading His every motion suggested a jaguar’s stealth.

stooping

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

suggested

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From this reading His every motion suggested a jaguar’s stealth.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

thatched

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Nevertheless, at this moment he was in deep trouble.

tiger's

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

tropical

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From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

trouble

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From this reading Nevertheless, at this moment he was in deep trouble.

United

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

York

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From this reading The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York _Printed in the United States of America_ In a plain board shack with a palm thatched roof which had the Caribbean Sea at its front and the Central American jungle at its back, a slim, stooping sort of boy, with eyes that gleamed out of the dark corners exactly like a tiger’s, paced back and forth the length of a long, low room.

young

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was Panther Eye, a boy who was endowed with a cat’s ability to see in the dark, and who spent much of his young life in India and other tropical lands.