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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 DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
alarmed
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It had aroused in them an audacious, desperate quickness to kill.
aroused
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From this reading It had aroused in them an audacious, desperate quickness to kill.
audacious
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From this reading It had aroused in them an audacious, desperate quickness to kill.
bell
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From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
bell-scream
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From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
BLOODnounUS /blʌd/
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
chokingadjectiveUS /ˈtʃoʊ.kɪŋ/
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
church
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cracking
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From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
DEDICATED
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
desperate
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From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
down
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
emanated
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From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
fusillade
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From this reading To them its importunities had resolved into the sanguine roar of a fusillade.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
hastened
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From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
Hellsfork
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From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
hundred
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
importunities
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From this reading To them its importunities had resolved into the sanguine roar of a fusillade.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It had aroused in them an audacious, desperate quickness to kill.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had aroused in them an audacious, desperate quickness to kill.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To them its importunities had resolved into the sanguine roar of a fusillade.
jungle
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
kill
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knew
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like
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From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
militant
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
mountaineers
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
new
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From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
night
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
night-cry
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From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
Onward
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From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
Out
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
quickness
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From this reading It had aroused in them an audacious, desperate quickness to kill.
raked
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From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
resolved
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From this reading To them its importunities had resolved into the sanguine roar of a fusillade.
rifles
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From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
roar
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From this reading To them its importunities had resolved into the sanguine roar of a fusillade.
rugged
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
rushed
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
sanguine
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From this reading To them its importunities had resolved into the sanguine roar of a fusillade.
savage
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
scorenounUS /skɔr/
an unpaid bill or debt in a specific situation in this story
From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
shadows
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
startling
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From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
tempestuous
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading That choking, desperate bell-scream had raked across their senses like the cracking of a hundred rifles.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading To them its importunities had resolved into the sanguine roar of a fusillade.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To them its importunities had resolved into the sanguine roar of a fusillade.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
trails
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
troublous
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From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Onward they hastened, down toward the startling night-cry of the bell which they knew emanated from the new church on Hellsfork.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading DEDICATED WITH HIS BLOOD Out into that troublous, tempestuous night a hundred alarmed militant mountaineers rushed down through the jungle shadows, over a score of savage, rugged trails.
