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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 Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
agitated
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
air
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From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
animal
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
animals
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
away
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
burst
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
cannot
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
characteristics
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
clutched
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From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
Confused
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
cry
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
darted
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
Dierich
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
ejaculate
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
eloquent
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
emotions
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
empty
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From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
familiar
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
feet
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From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
fled
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From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
fugitives
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
Gerard
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
greatly
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
higher
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
human
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
latter
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
life
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From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
like
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
lions
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
lose
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
man
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
men
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
merely
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
miss
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
moment
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
moments
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
mule
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
out
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
overpowering
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
pursuers
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
put
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
roar
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
rush
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
seems
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
sharp
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
simple
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
sounds
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
speak
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From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
SPEECH
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
spring
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
ten
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
terrible
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
terror
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
there
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
thicketnounUS /ˈθɪkɪt/
a dense group of bushes or small trees
From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
thoughts
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
triumph
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
truly
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From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
two
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From this reading The pursuers' hands clutched the empty air, scarce two feet behind them, as they fled for life.
vent
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At such moments man seems to lose his characteristics, and to be merely one of the higher animals; for these, when greatly agitated, ejaculate, though they cannot speak.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was something terrible and truly animal, both in the roar of triumph with which the pursuers burst out of the thicket on our fugitives, and the sharp cry of terror with which these latter darted away.
words
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From this reading SPEECH is the familiar vent of human thoughts: but there are emotions so simple and overpowering, that they rush out not in words, but in eloquent sounds.
yards
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From this reading Confused for a moment, like lions that miss their spring, Dierich and his men let Gerard and the mule put ten yards between them.
