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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 little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
almost
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
apron
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From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
ate
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
baskets
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The very guts were gathered up in baskets to be cooked.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
bits
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
bloody
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
caught
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From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
chewing
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
children
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
cooked
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From this reading The very guts were gathered up in baskets to be cooked.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
dragging
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
earth
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From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
emptying
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
fast
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
fell
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
filled
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
find
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
flesh
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
foot-wide
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
gathered
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From this reading The very guts were gathered up in baskets to be cooked.
get
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From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
guts
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From this reading The very guts were gathered up in baskets to be cooked.
hacking
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
hide
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
jaws
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
knives
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
lapped
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From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
legs
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
like
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From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
lumps
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
meat
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
men
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
naked
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing was wasted.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
off
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
overflow
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
pools
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From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
quivering
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
ran
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
raw
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
red
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
space
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
spread
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From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
strips
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
struggling
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
tearing
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
Then
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
thick
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
tribe
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
up
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From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
very
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From this reading The very guts were gathered up in baskets to be cooked.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nothing was wasted.
wasted
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From this reading Nothing was wasted.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The very guts were gathered up in baskets to be cooked.
whereverconjunctionUS /weˈrevər/
in or to any place at all
From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
whoever
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From this reading The blood was caught in pools in part of the hide, spread like an apron on the earth, and lapped up by whoever could get to it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
women
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From this reading The little bits of children, each chewing raw bloody meat, brought baskets for the overflow, dragging them to wherever they could find a space between the legs of struggling men, the women emptying the baskets almost as fast as the children filled them, and chewing until their jaws ran blood.
worked
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From this reading Then, though, the tribe fell to, naked, with little naked knives--tearing off the thick hide in foot-wide strips, and hacking the red flesh into lumps that they ate, raw and quivering, while they worked.
