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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 They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
adventure
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From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
afraid
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
aid
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
alive
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
away
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
beware
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From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
bounds
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
breaking
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
clean
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
COMING
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
day
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
devil-worshippers
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
dint
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
directions
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
down
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
end
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
escaped
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
extraordinary
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
felt
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
finding
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
fled
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
following
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
full
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
galloping
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
got
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
hindrance
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
Hooghley
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
horse
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
Indian
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
Jaffier's
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
JUNG
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
kept
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
land
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From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
leapingnounUS /ˈleaping/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
lesson
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From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
like
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
meddling
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From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
Meer
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
mile
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
neverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
nick
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
night
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
off
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
out
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
peoples
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From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
ProvidencenounUS /ˈprɑː.və.dəns/
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
prudent
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
pursuit
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
reach
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
rode
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
SABAT
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
served
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From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
shore
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
steps
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
strange
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From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
swarm
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
swiftness
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
temple
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
tracking
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
unloosing
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From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.
up
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
ways
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From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
whole
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From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
wholesome
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From this reading This adventure served as a wholesome lesson to me to beware of meddling with the ways of strange peoples in a strange land.
wise
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From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _THE COMING OF SABAT JUNG_ If ever I felt afraid in my life it was when I fled out of the Indian temple with the whole swarm of devil-worshippers in full pursuit.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading By dint of following Meer Jaffier's wise and prudent directions I got over the rest of my journey without hindrance, and as day was breaking at the end of the following night I rode down on to the shore of the Hooghley.
wolves
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From this reading They kept up the pursuit for at least a mile, running with extraordinary swiftness, and tracking me like wolves; nevertheless in the end I got clean away.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading I never thought I should have escaped alive, yet by the aid of Providence I did so, leaping down the steps by great bounds, finding my horse and unloosing him in the nick of time, and galloping off out of their reach.