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Westerfelt
Westerfelt

Chapter XIII

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The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.
In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.
One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.
"You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.
"We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Westerfelt

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/57 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.
Line 2
In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.
Line 3
One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.
Line 4
"You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.
Line 5
"We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “"You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “"We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.”

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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 gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.

appeared

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From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

back

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From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

bottom

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

caps

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From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

cliff

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

coil

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From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

down

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From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

eye-holes

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From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

face

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From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

feet

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

fer

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From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

five

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

formed

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From this reading The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.

forth

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From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

gang

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From this reading The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.

ghostly

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From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

go

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From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

Hawkbill

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From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

held

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From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

hideous

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From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.

horse

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From this reading The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.

hundred

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

jeered

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From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

leans

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

masks

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From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

moonlight

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From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

new

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From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

OnepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

out

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

picked

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

picnic

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From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

rope

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From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

round

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From this reading The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.

semi-circle

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From this reading The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.

sheets

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From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

spank

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

swung

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From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

tantalizingly

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From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

thar

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading One of them held a coil of new rope and tantalizingly swung it back and forth before his face.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

tree

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

up

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From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

We've

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From this reading "We've picked out a tree up thar that leans spank over a cliff five hundred feet from the bottom.

Westerfelt

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From this reading The gang formed a semi-circle round Westerfelt and his horse.

white

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From this reading In their white caps and sheets they appeared ghostly and hideous, as they looked down at him through the eye-holes of their masks.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.

YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "You must go with us up the Hawkbill fer a little moonlight picnic," he jeered.