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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 And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
arm
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From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
Babu
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From this reading The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred, But Babu Harendra (Gomashta) heard.
barrack
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
Black
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
blessed
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
Boh
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred, But Babu Harendra (Gomashta) heard.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
creaked
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From this reading The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred, But Babu Harendra (Gomashta) heard.
Da
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
enemy
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
festered
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
fever
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From this reading The fever held him--the Captain said, “I'd give a hundred to look at his head!”
fire
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
flesh
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
gift
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
give
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From this reading The fever held him--the Captain said, “I'd give a hundred to look at his head!”
Gomashta
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From this reading The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred, But Babu Harendra (Gomashta) heard.
hammered
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
Harendra
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From this reading The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred, But Babu Harendra (Gomashta) heard.
head
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From this reading The fever held him--the Captain said, “I'd give a hundred to look at his head!”
heard
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From this reading The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred, But Babu Harendra (Gomashta) heard.
held
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From this reading The fever held him--the Captain said, “I'd give a hundred to look at his head!”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The fever held him--the Captain said, “I'd give a hundred to look at his head!”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
Hospital
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From this reading The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred, But Babu Harendra (Gomashta) heard.
hundred
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From this reading The fever held him--the Captain said, “I'd give a hundred to look at his head!”
I'd
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From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
like
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From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fever held him--the Captain said, “I'd give a hundred to look at his head!”
Mandalay
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
more
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From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
Now
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
O'Neil
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
once
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From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
punkahs
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From this reading The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred, But Babu Harendra (Gomashta) heard.
rankling
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
said
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From this reading The fever held him--the Captain said, “I'd give a hundred to look at his head!”
shot-wound
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
shot-wounds
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
slug
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
steamingnounUS /ˈsteaming/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
swore
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From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
telegraph-wire
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
Thone
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
thorn
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From this reading (Now a slug that is hammered from telegraph-wire Is a thorn in the flesh and a rankling fire.) * * * * * The shot-wound festered--as shot-wounds may In a steaming barrack at Mandalay.
throbbed
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From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The left arm throbbed, and the Captain swore, “I'd like to be after the Boh once more!”
Tyrone
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
ulnar-bone
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From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
whirred
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From this reading The Hospital punkahs creaked and whirred, But Babu Harendra (Gomashta) heard.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And Captain O'Neil of the Black Tyrone Was blessed with a slug in the ulnar-bone-- The gift of his enemy Boh Da Thone.
