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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 PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
again
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
all
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
any
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
attempts
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
back
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
beach
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
came
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
Chéri-Bibi
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
convicts
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
cut
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
despair
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
discovered
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
escaped
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
EXECUTIONER
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
fain
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
fall
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
feeling
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
few
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
forest
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
found
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
get
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
gloomy
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
great
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
high
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
hit
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
idea
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
imagined
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
jetty
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
know
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
later
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
launch
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
left
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
mass
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
minutes
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
music
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
Nut
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
obliged
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
off
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
outlet
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
PERNAMBOUC
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
pot-shots
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
PRISON
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
received
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
relinquish
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
renewed
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From this reading The warders started again with renewed vigor to search the wood.
risk
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
road
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
rocks
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
run
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
search
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From this reading The warders started again with renewed vigor to search the wood.
set
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
six
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
small
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
start
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
started
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From this reading The warders started again with renewed vigor to search the wood.
strove
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From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
taking
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
tall
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
too
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
trees
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
tunnel
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
two
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
up
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From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
vigor
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From this reading The warders started again with renewed vigor to search the wood.
warder
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From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
warders
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From this reading The warders started again with renewed vigor to search the wood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PERNAMBOUC, THE PRISON EXECUTIONER Though the warder was taking pot-shots at them, Chéri-Bibi and the Nut had received too great a start to run any risk of being hit.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading When, a few minutes later, the warder came to the outlet of the tunnel through which the six convicts had escaped, he set up a music which may be imagined.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They strove again and again to get back to the mass of high rocks on the beach, but all their attempts to do so were discovered, and it was with a feeling of gloomy despair that Chéri-Bibi, who did not know that the launch had left the jetty, was fain to relinquish the idea.
wood
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From this reading The two convicts found that they were cut off from the road to the jetty, and were obliged to fall back into a small wood of tall forest trees.
