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Chapter IX
"Drop it! Drop it, I say!" Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim. The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger. "My God!"
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above and across; more than
From this reading “Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.”
a seat across a small boat for a rower
From this reading “The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.”
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From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
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From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
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From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
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From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
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From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
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From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
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From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
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From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
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From this reading "Drop it!
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From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
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From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
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From this reading "My God!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
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From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Drop it, I say!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Drop it!
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From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
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From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My God!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
above and across; more than
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
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From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
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From this reading Drop it, I say!"
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From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
a seat across a small boat for a rower
From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
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From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
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From this reading The correspondent stood up on the thwart, balancing back and forth, his face twisted with menace and speechless anger.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Rasmunsen had managed to draw his revolver, and with the crook of his arm over the sweep head, was taking aim.
