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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 THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
almost
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From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
arbalestrier's
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From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
attached
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From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
back
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From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
balance
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From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
bobbed
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
body
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
bow
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From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
carried
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From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
cord
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From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
cried
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From this reading "Now, grip me not! grip me not!" cried Gerard, in mortal terror of that fatal mistake.
cross-bow
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
Denys
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
eager
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
escape
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From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
evil
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From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
fatal
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From this reading "Now, grip me not! grip me not!" cried Gerard, in mortal terror of that fatal mistake.
Gerard
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From this reading "Now, grip me not! grip me not!" cried Gerard, in mortal terror of that fatal mistake.
Gerard's
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From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
good
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From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
grasped
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From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
grip
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From this reading "Now, grip me not! grip me not!" cried Gerard, in mortal terror of that fatal mistake.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
half
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
hands
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From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
head
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From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
hoisted
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
jerk
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
manner
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From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Now, grip me not! grip me not!" cried Gerard, in mortal terror of that fatal mistake.
means
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
mistake
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From this reading "Now, grip me not! grip me not!" cried Gerard, in mortal terror of that fatal mistake.
moment
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
mortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/
causing or relating to death
From this reading "Now, grip me not! grip me not!" cried Gerard, in mortal terror of that fatal mistake.
next
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
Now
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From this reading "Now, grip me not! grip me not!" cried Gerard, in mortal terror of that fatal mistake.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
other
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From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
out
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
owing
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From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
position
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From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
remarkable
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From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
steel
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From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
sunk
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From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
terror
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From this reading "Now, grip me not! grip me not!" cried Gerard, in mortal terror of that fatal mistake.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
THINGS
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From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The steel bow attached to the arbalestrier's back, and carried above his head, had sunk him.
universally
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From this reading THINGS good and evil balance themselves in a remarkable manner; and almost universally.
up
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
very
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From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
water
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From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
went
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From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That very steel bow, owing to that very position, could not escape Gerard's hands, one of which grasped it, and the other went between the bow and the cord; which was as good.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The next moment, Denys, by means of his cross-bow, was hoisted with so eager a jerk that half his body bobbed up out of water.
