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Chapter VII
"Why did it not carry him off?" I asked. "The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away. There's your steward, Meldrum. The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
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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 “I asked.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked.
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From this reading "The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.
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From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
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From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.
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From this reading "Why did it not carry him off?"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Why did it not carry him off?"
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From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
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From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why did it not carry him off?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked.
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From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Why did it not carry him off?"
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From this reading "The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.
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From this reading There's your steward, Meldrum.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.
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From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Why did it not carry him off?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
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From this reading "Why did it not carry him off?"
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's your steward, Meldrum.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's your steward, Meldrum.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "The thunder and lightning must have scared the brute away.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The sooner we have breakfast and get back to the island the better, or some of those niggers might think that we had been frightened."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why did it not carry him off?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There's your steward, Meldrum.
