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Chapter XXIII
THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door. "Stand aside!" he called to Drennen. "Those men are my prisoners." Drennen made no answer. Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Stand aside!" he called to Drennen.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “"Those men are my prisoners."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
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From this reading Drennen made no answer.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Those men are my prisoners."
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From this reading "Stand aside!" he called to Drennen.
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From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
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From this reading "Stand aside!" he called to Drennen.
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From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
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From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
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From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Stand aside!" he called to Drennen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
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From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
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From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Stand aside!" he called to Drennen.
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From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
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From this reading Drennen made no answer.
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From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
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From this reading "Those men are my prisoners."
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From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Those men are my prisoners."
not any; not one
From this reading Drennen made no answer.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
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From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Those men are my prisoners."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
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From this reading "Stand aside!" he called to Drennen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Those men are my prisoners."
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From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mindful of the weapons on the floor he caught them up and threw them far out into the underbrush.
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From this reading THE SPEAKING OF GUNS Max had heard, whirled and came running back to the door.
