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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 Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
Anger
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
back
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
basket
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
baskets
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
bearing
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
behold
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
blazing
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
Boh
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
Bohs
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
brave
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
Burmans
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
came
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
camp
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
chin
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
day
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
departed
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
distorted
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
drip-drip-drip
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
EachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
fell
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
five
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
grass
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
grin
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
Head
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
heads
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
High
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
hush
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
kullah's
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
lesson
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
made
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
man
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
man's
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
men
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
more
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
mound
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
Mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
Pabengmay
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
paid
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
pain
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
palms
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
peacock-banner
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
perfect
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
pile
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
plain
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
Prag
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
price
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
Put
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
Red
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
Reddened
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
river
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
said
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
samadh
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
scorenounUS /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
Set
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
Shikaris
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
shore
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
sightless
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
skin
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
slain
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
smoke-scorched
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
Sniders
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
son
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
squibbed
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
Stamped
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
Subadar
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
sword
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
tall
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
terror
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
Tewarri
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
Then
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From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
Thus
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
top
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
triumph
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
trophies
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From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading They made a pile of their trophies High as a tall man's chin, Head upon head distorted, Set in a sightless grin, Anger and pain and terror Stamped on the smoke-scorched skin.
village
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
way
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From this reading Each man bearing a basket Red as his palms that day, Red as the blazing village-- The village of Pabengmay, And the “drip-drip-drip” from the baskets Reddened the grass by the way.
WentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then a silence came to the river, A hush fell over the shore, And Bohs that were brave departed, And Sniders squibbed no more; For the Burmans said That a kullah's head Must be paid for with heads five score.
white
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
world
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From this reading Subadar Prag Tewarri Put the head of the Boh On the top of the mound of triumph, The head of his son below, With the sword and the peacock-banner That the world might behold and know.
wrath
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From this reading Thus the samadh was perfect, Thus was the lesson plain Of the wrath of the First Shikaris-- The price of a white man slain; And the men of the First Shikaris Went back into camp again.
