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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 Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
beach
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The dogless days had been many this time.
caved
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From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
cheeks
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From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
Courts
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
dance
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From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
dark
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From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
days
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From this reading The dogless days had been many this time.
deep
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
dogless
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From this reading The dogless days had been many this time.
dogs
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
down
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
drank
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
driftwood
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
dust
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From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
dust-reddened
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
eyes
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From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
face
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From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
faces
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From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
filed
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
fissured
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
foothills
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
gather
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
gloried
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
grimed
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From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
haggard
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From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
hunger-shadows
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From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
Jamshyd
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
keep
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
knew
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
Lion
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
Lizard
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
low
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
man
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
many
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From this reading The dogless days had been many this time.
men
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
night
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From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
Once
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
out
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
own
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From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
rain-catch
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
run
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
Ryan
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
say
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
sea
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
setting
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
spread
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
sun
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
task
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
tell
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From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
there
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From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The dogless days had been many this time.
time
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From this reading The dogless days had been many this time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
too
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From this reading He knew his own face must be haggard too, haggard and grimed with dust, the cheeks caved in, the eyes dark with hunger-shadows.
took
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
tribe
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
up
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
west
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From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Once, Ryan knew, dogs had run with man, not from him...._ _They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep_-- The dust-reddened sun was low in the west when the tribe filed down from the fissured foothills to the sea.
women
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From this reading The women spread out along the beach to gather driftwood, while the men took over the task of setting up the rain-catch.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Ryan could tell from the haggard faces around him that there would be a dance that night.
