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What's Bred in the Bone
What's Bred in the Bone

Chapter XXVII

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"GOLDEN JOYS."
The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.
On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

What's Bred in the Bone

Chapter XXVII

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"GOLDEN JOYS."
Line 2
The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.
Line 3
On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
Line 4
That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
Line 5
He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

Learner Dictionary

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

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.”

Passage noun US /ˈpassage/

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

From this reading “That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.”

Passed noun US /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.”

Whenever conjunction US /weˈnevər/

at any time that; every time that

From this reading “He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.”

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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 felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.

away

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

board

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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

Cape

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From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.

Cetewayo

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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

dared

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

entire

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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

evening

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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

eyes

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

fact

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

fellow

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

felt

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

few

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

friends

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

fugitive's

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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

GOLDEN

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From this reading "GOLDEN JOYS."

Granville

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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

Guy

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

hardly

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

JOYS

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From this reading "GOLDEN JOYS."

Kelmscott

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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

Kelmscott's

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

kind

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.

made

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

meet

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

moral

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

out

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

outcast

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

passagenounUS /ˈpassage/

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

From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

passednounUS /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

passengers

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

poisoned

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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

recognition

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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

shame

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

slunk

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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

talked

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

tedious

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From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.

unhappy

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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

very

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

voyage

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From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.

way

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.

wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/

at any time that; every time that

From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.

whole

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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.