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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 He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
approached
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
back
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From this reading He put his hand forward into the darkness, and immediately a large drop of water fell on the back of it.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
closely
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
consideration
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From this reading From fruitless genealogy he turned to the further consideration of his supplies.
continue
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
corner
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
darkness
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From this reading He put his hand forward into the darkness, and immediately a large drop of water fell on the back of it.
DROP
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From this reading THE DROP OF WATER.
dungeon
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
farthest
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
fell
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From this reading He put his hand forward into the darkness, and immediately a large drop of water fell on the back of it.
floor
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
forward
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From this reading He put his hand forward into the darkness, and immediately a large drop of water fell on the back of it.
founded
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From fruitless genealogy he turned to the further consideration of his supplies.
fruitless
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From this reading From fruitless genealogy he turned to the further consideration of his supplies.
further
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From this reading From fruitless genealogy he turned to the further consideration of his supplies.
genealogy
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From this reading From fruitless genealogy he turned to the further consideration of his supplies.
hand
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From this reading He put his hand forward into the darkness, and immediately a large drop of water fell on the back of it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading From fruitless genealogy he turned to the further consideration of his supplies.
hear
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading From fruitless genealogy he turned to the further consideration of his supplies.
Hugh
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
immediately
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From this reading He put his hand forward into the darkness, and immediately a large drop of water fell on the back of it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
intervals
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He put his hand forward into the darkness, and immediately a large drop of water fell on the back of it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
John
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
just
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
large
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From this reading He put his hand forward into the darkness, and immediately a large drop of water fell on the back of it.
likely
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
lime-stone
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
most
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DROP OF WATER.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He put his hand forward into the darkness, and immediately a large drop of water fell on the back of it.
pat
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
put
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From this reading He put his hand forward into the darkness, and immediately a large drop of water fell on the back of it.
recurring
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
regularly
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
rock
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
roof
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From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
seemed
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
supplies
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From this reading From fruitless genealogy he turned to the further consideration of his supplies.
surrounded
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DROP OF WATER.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From fruitless genealogy he turned to the further consideration of his supplies.
turned
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From this reading From fruitless genealogy he turned to the further consideration of his supplies.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
walls
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
want
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
wanted
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From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
WATER
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From this reading THE DROP OF WATER.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But at the farthest corner, just where the roof approached most closely to the floor, Hugh John could hear a _pat_, _pat_ at regularly recurring intervals.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He wanted water, and in a dungeon surrounded by lime-stone walls and founded upon a rock, it seemed likely he would continue to want it.
