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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 A WILD RIDE.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
adobe
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
advanced
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
Barbados
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From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
battle-cries
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
blades
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
bloody
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
brandishing
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
business
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
caballeros
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
commands
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From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
confronting
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
courage
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
cursing
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
decided
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
din
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From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
distance
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
echoed
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From this reading The shrill voice of Sanchez echoed him.
evidently
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
fight
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
forward
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
give
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
great
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From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
grim
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
held
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The shrill voice of Sanchez echoed him.
houses
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
huts
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
intent
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
line
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
little
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
make
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
minds
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
multitude
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From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
now
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
out
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From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
perfect
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
pirates
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
ready
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
RIDE
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From this reading A WILD RIDE.
rolled
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From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
rushed
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
Sanchez
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From this reading The shrill voice of Sanchez echoed him.
shining
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
shouting
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
shrieking
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
shrill
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From this reading The shrill voice of Sanchez echoed him.
silent
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From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
some
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The _caballeros_ advanced in a perfect line, their shining blades held ready, grim and silent now, their minds intent upon the bloody business confronting them.
voice
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From this reading The great voice of Barbados rolled out above the din in a multitude of commands.
weapons
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From this reading The pirates evidently had decided to make the fight at some little distance from their huts and adobe houses, so they rushed forward, shrieking their battle-cries, brandishing their weapons, shouting and cursing to give themselves courage.
WILD
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From this reading A WILD RIDE.
