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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 The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
aisle
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From this reading Would they never find a side aisle?
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
backward
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
Become
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
began
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From this reading The boys and their protector began to run, softly, but swiftly!
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
Boys
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
coming
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
Dago
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
distance
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
down
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
ducked
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
endless
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From this reading The tunnel seemed endless, and was quite straight!
find
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From this reading Would they never find a side aisle?
flashlights
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
G-man
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
glimpses
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
gone
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
groped
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
heard
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
hiding
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
hoarse
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
hurriedly
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
lights
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
main
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
men
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
near
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
never
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From this reading Would they never find a side aisle?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
off
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
path
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
place
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
Prisoners
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
protector
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From this reading The boys and their protector began to run, softly, but swiftly!
quite
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From this reading The tunnel seemed endless, and was quite straight!
rather
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
run
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From this reading The boys and their protector began to run, softly, but swiftly!
seeking
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
seemed
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From this reading The tunnel seemed endless, and was quite straight!
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
showed
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From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
side
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From this reading Would they never find a side aisle?
softly
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From this reading The boys and their protector began to run, softly, but swiftly!
straight
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From this reading The tunnel seemed endless, and was quite straight!
swiftly
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From this reading The boys and their protector began to run, softly, but swiftly!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The boys and their protector began to run, softly, but swiftly!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The boys and their protector began to run, softly, but swiftly!
tunnel
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
two
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
voice
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From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Boys Become Prisoners The hoarse voice of Dago was rather near on the path as the G-man and the two boys ducked into the tunnel and groped hurriedly along, seeking for a hiding place off the main tunnel.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They had gone but a short distance when they heard Dago and his men coming down behind them, and backward glimpses showed the lights of flashlights!
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would they never find a side aisle?
