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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 At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
abided
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From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
always
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
anxiously
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From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
any
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
apart
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
appear
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From this reading If the chase proved successful, the light would appear in the course of the night.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
Bouvard
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading PACIFICATION BY FIRE.
calculate
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
calculations
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
camp
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From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
chase
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From this reading If the chase proved successful, the light would appear in the course of the night.
colleagues
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From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
Colonel
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From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
continue
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
continues
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If the chase proved successful, the light would appear in the course of the night.
danger
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
day
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
engrossed
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
Everest
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From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
FIRE
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From this reading PACIFICATION BY FIRE.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
forgot
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
friends
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the chase proved successful, the light would appear in the course of the night.
impatience
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From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If the chase proved successful, the light would appear in the course of the night.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
light
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From this reading If the chase proved successful, the light would appear in the course of the night.
lion-hunt
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From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
live
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
lost
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
mathematician
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
menaced
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
natural
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From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
night
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From this reading If the chase proved successful, the light would appear in the course of the night.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
PACIFICATION
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From this reading PACIFICATION BY FIRE.
Palander
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
proved
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From this reading If the chase proved successful, the light would appear in the course of the night.
purpose
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
result
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From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
said
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From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
Strux
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
successful
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From this reading If the chase proved successful, the light would appear in the course of the night.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
uneasily
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From this reading The Colonel and Strux passed the day uneasily; Palander, always engrossed, forgot that any danger menaced his friends.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It might be said of him, as of the mathematician Bouvard, "He will continue to calculate while he continues to live;" for apart from his calculations life for him would have lost its purpose.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the camp Colonel Everest and his colleagues, with a natural impatience, anxiously abided the result of the lion-hunt.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If the chase proved successful, the light would appear in the course of the night.
