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Chapter XII
“Then what shall we do?” “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions. The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.” “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt. “Worse than that, my boy!
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading ““We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.””
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ““Then what shall we do?””
Possessing supreme or ultimate power; autonomous and commanding.
From this reading ““What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading ““We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
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From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
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From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
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From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
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From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
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From this reading “Worse than that, my boy!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Then what shall we do?”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Worse than that, my boy!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
above and across; more than
From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Then what shall we do?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
Possessing supreme or ultimate power; autonomous and commanding.
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “Worse than that, my boy!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Worse than that, my boy!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Then what shall we do?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Then what shall we do?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ll have to sacrifice every thing not absolutely indispensable; I am anxious, at all hazards, to avoid a detention in these regions.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Then what shall we do?”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The forests over the tops of which we are skimming are any thing but safe.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “What! are there lions in them, or hyenas?” asked Joe, with an expression of sovereign contempt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Worse than that, my boy!
