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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 ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
Allang's
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
awestruck
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
bigger
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
confound
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
couldn't
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
courtyardnounUS /ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd/
an open area surrounded by the walls of a building
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
days
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
dependants
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
eat
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
enclosurenounUS /ˈenclosure/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
Filthy
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From this reading “Filthy place, isn’t it?
fish
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
fried
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
get
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
hungry
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From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
I've
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From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
inside
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From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
isn't
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From this reading “Filthy place, isn’t it?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
Jove
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From this reading Jove!
kind
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
made
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
making
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
much
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
mugs
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From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
murmured
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
nose
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From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
occasion
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
only
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
place
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From this reading “Filthy place, isn’t it?
plate
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
prisoner
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
prowling
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From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
Rajah
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
rice
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
riot
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
row
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
shoving
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From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
slowly
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
small
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some
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From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
stickleback
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
stinking
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From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
then
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From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
three
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
Tunku
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading And I couldn’t get anything to eat either, unless I made a row about it, and then it was only a small plate of rice and a fried fish not much bigger than a stickleback--confound them!
vagabonds
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From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
visit
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
way
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From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading ‘“This is where I was prisoner for three days,” he murmured to me (it was on the occasion of our visit to the Rajah), while we were making our way slowly through a kind of awestruck riot of dependants across Tunku Allang’s courtyard.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I’ve been hungry prowling inside this stinking enclosure with some of these vagabonds shoving their mugs right under my nose.
