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ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.
Sleeping Dawn quickened her pace.
The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.
She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.
Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.
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Chapter II

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.
Line 2
Sleeping Dawn quickened her pace.
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The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.
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She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.
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Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

Learner Dictionary

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

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.”

Behind preposition US /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.”

DUTY noun US /ˈduːti/

a responsibility that must be carried out

From this reading “ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.”

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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 ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

advertised

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From this reading The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

ANGUS

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From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

bloated

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

breeding

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

Bully

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From this reading The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.

came

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From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

chances

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

character

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From this reading The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.

conceived

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

Dawn

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From this reading Sleeping Dawn quickened her pace.

disease

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

DOESauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

doubt

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

DUTYnounUS /ˈduːti/

a responsibility that must be carried out

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

eyes

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

fever

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

filthy

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

green

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

Hard

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

harsh

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From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

hatred

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Sleeping Dawn quickened her pace.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

hundred

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.

inscrutable

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

lay

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

malignant

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

man

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

McRAE

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From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

night

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From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

oaths

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From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

outburst

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From this reading The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.

pace

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From this reading Sleeping Dawn quickened her pace.

polluted

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From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

quickened

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From this reading Sleeping Dawn quickened her pace.

rather

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

reddish-brown

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

shout

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From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

single

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From this reading The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.

Sleeping

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From this reading Sleeping Dawn quickened her pace.

spite

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

sufficiently

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From this reading The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.

swamps

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

times

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

traveled

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

volley

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From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.

West

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From this reading The character of Bully West was sufficiently advertised in that single outburst.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading ANGUS McRAE DOES HIS DUTY The harsh shout came to them again, and with it a volley of oaths that polluted the night.

wolfish

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From this reading She conceived him bloated, wolfish, malignant, a man whose mind traveled through filthy green swamps breeding fever and disease.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.

young

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From this reading Hard though this young man was, in spite of her hatred of him, of her doubt as to what lay behind those inscrutable, reddish-brown eyes of his, she would a hundred times rather take chances with him than with Bully West.