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4
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From this reading 4.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
almost
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
arena
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
beast
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
become
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From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
belly
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
black
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
bounding
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
crawled
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
crawling
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
deeply
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From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
desire
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
EZEKIEL
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From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
feet
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From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
grass
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
ground
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
guilty
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From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
hiding
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
human
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
hunted
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
hunter
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
imbedded
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From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
kept
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From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
lithe
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
made
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
men
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From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
now
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
own
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
paralysed
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From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
playing
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
rooted
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From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
sand
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
scrubby
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
shed
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From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
silent
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
sinewy
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
sound
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
spot
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From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
stealthy
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
steps
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
stream
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
supple
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
terror
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From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
touching
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From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
trees
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
two
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From this reading At first terror had kept the two men rooted to the spot, paralysed, and with feet deeply imbedded in the sand.
Wary
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From this reading Wary and silent the black beast crawled, now hiding amidst the scrubby grass, now bounding over trees and stream as if playing with herself, with her own desire for a taste of human blood.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The hunter and the hunted! the lithe supple sinewy creature crawling with belly almost touching the ground and stealthy steps that made no sound on the sand of the arena.
XXII
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From this reading "Thou art become guilty in the blood that thou hast shed."--EZEKIEL XXII.
