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Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him. “Shake him off, Caleb.” “Strike him from you with your foot.” “Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.” Yes; he could hear them all; but hearing and obeying were very different.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Yes; he could hear them all; but hearing and obeying were very different.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Strike him from you with your foot.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.”
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From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
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From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
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From this reading Yes; he could hear them all; but hearing and obeying were very different.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
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From this reading “Shake him off, Caleb.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yes; he could hear them all; but hearing and obeying were very different.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Strike him from you with your foot.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Strike him from you with your foot.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes; he could hear them all; but hearing and obeying were very different.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes; he could hear them all; but hearing and obeying were very different.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Shake him off, Caleb.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Shake him off, Caleb.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Strike him from you with your foot.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Swim to the right shore; swim for it, even if you take him with you.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Yes; he could hear them all; but hearing and obeying were very different.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes; he could hear them all; but hearing and obeying were very different.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Strike him from you with your foot.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Morton’s efforts in the water were too severe to admit of his speaking, but he could hear and understand the words which were addressed to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes; he could hear them all; but hearing and obeying were very different.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Strike him from you with your foot.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Strike him from you with your foot.”
