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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 While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
all
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
Amos
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
back
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
Bannister
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
believe
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
black
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
cabin
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
cane
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
carried
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From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
catch
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From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
cut
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
door
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
excuse
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
existence
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
eyes
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
face
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
few
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
fields
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
fire
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
first
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From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
fool
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
foot
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From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
Forsyth
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
found
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
friendship
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
fury
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
hare
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
hedgerow
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
inch
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
Joshua
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
knew
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From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
last
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
laughed
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
least
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
legs
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From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
like
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
looked
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
Malacca
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
minutes
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
move
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
Mr
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
much
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
never
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
off
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
once
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
own
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
pound
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From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
pulled
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
remembered
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
running
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
sand-drift
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
sand-hills
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
saw
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
screwed
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
secure
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
shaking
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
think
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
thinking
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From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
troubling
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From this reading At the door of the cabin stood Mr. Forsyth, shaking his Malacca cane at me, but never troubling himself to move so much as an inch.
Trust
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
up
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
urged
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
very
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From this reading For my own excuse, it may be urged that I had had much to think of in the last few minutes; and if I had remembered my friendship with Bannister, I had at least forgotten the very existence of Joshua Trust.
weight
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From this reading I knew from the first that I had the legs of both of them, that Amos could never catch me though I carried a pound weight on either foot.
went
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From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While I went over the sand-hills like a hare, I looked back once and saw Amos running, his face all screwed up in fury, and his black eyes as if they were on fire.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And I believe, like a fool, I laughed, thinking myself secure; and when I pulled through a hedgerow that cut off the sand-drift from the open fields, I found myself face to face with Joshua.
