Ah
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From this reading "Ah! if his father had not made us take that oath!"
(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 "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And to think that his murderer still lives!"
bindverbUS /baɪnd/
stick to firmly
From this reading Let us bind him and leave him here."
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "Ah! if his father had not made us take that oath!"
a boy or man
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
forbidding-looking
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From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Ah! if his father had not made us take that oath!"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Let us bind him and leave him here."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "And to think that his murderer still lives!"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Ah! if his father had not made us take that oath!"
jackalnounUS /ˈdʒækəl/
Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
go away from a place
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us bind him and leave him here."
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "And to think that his murderer still lives!"
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "Ah! if his father had not made us take that oath!"
used to form the superlative
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
murderernounUS /ˈmɜːrdərər/
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading "And to think that his murderer still lives!"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Ah! if his father had not made us take that oath!"
oathnounUS /oʊθ/
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
From this reading "Ah! if his father had not made us take that oath!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
performverbUS /pərˈfɔːrm/
carry out or perform an action
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
scorchingadjectiveUS /ˈskɔːrtʃɪŋ/
hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
not in physical motion
From this reading "And to think that his murderer still lives!"
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
swornadjectiveUS /swɔːrn/
bound by or as if by an oath
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
carry out
From this reading "Ah! if his father had not made us take that oath!"
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And to think that his murderer still lives!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "And to think that his murderer still lives!"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And to think that his murderer still lives!"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Ah! if his father had not made us take that oath!"
vengeancenounUS /ˈvendʒəns/
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Stay," cried the most forbidding-looking of all, "we have not sworn to bring this fellow to the end of his journey.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will leave him his life, but the scorching sun and the sharp teeth of the jackal shall perform our vengeance.
