Chapter III

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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on the subject of; concerning

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later than; following

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

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

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surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

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From this reading I must tell you that Benito is a very strange country.

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plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains

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make by combining materials and parts

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

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to be able to, or to be allowed to

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venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

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a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading I must tell you that Benito is a very strange country.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

apart from; not including

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something many people believe that is false

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a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

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be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

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any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

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the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

set up or found

From this reading I found myself in such a place.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

depressingly dark

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

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

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

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without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

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

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moving to the inside of something

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

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

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

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plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

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the pelt of a leopard

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plural of “leopard” — the pelt of a leopard

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the location of something surrounded by other things

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used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading I must tell you that Benito is a very strange country.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading I found myself in such a place.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

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not any; not one

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

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From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

touching and supported by a surface

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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading I found myself in such a place.

move about in or as if in a predatory manner

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

-ing form of “prowl” — move about in or as if in a predatory manner

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plural of “rain” — water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

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(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio

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get rid of

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a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

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a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

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From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading I must tell you that Benito is a very strange country.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading I found myself in such a place.

plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

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express in words

From this reading I must tell you that Benito is a very strange country.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I must tell you that Benito is a very strange country.

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

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belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

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

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

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

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

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past form of “transport” — move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

precisely as stated

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Immediately after we arrived in those gloomy solitudes we began to build an olako to shelter us from the rains.

any period of seven consecutive days

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used to ask for information about something

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in or at the place that

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

during the time that

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

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in the company of; together with

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the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

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the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.

used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action

From this reading Now, boys, fancy yourselves transported into the midst of a very dense and dark forest, where the trees never shed their leaves all at one time, where there is no food to be had, except what you can get with your gun, and where wild beasts prowl around you at night, while you sleep.