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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 Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
able
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From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
advanced
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From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
adventurer
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From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
all
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
Amazon
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
any
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From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
approach
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From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
arrive
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From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
awoke
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From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
care
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From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
doubt
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
eccentric
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
eyes
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From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
faces
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
feet
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
footsteps
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
forests
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
graceful
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
gray-coated
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
grimacing
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
guard
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From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
guariba
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From this reading It was not a man at all, it was a “guariba.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
haunt
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
heard
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
horned
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
hour
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not a man at all, it was a “guariba.”
lestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
light
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
man
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From this reading It was not a man at all, it was a “guariba.”
mask
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
monkeys
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
monos
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
most
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
naked
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
noise
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
paces
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From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
perceived
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From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
precaution
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
prehensile-tailed
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
presence
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From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
put
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From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
sagouins
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
sahuis
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
sapajous
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
seem
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
slept
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
some
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
sound
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
suspicious
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From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
taking
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
ten
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From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
then
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
there
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
Torres
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
tree
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From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
trees
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
Upper
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
visitor
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
walking
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From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
wear
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From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon--graceful sahuis, horned sapajous, gray-coated monos, sagouins which seem to wear a mask on their grimacing faces--the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Torres slept for about half an hour, and then there was a noise among the trees--a sound of light footsteps, as though some visitor was walking with naked feet, and taking all the precaution he could lest he should be heard.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading But he had not then awoke, and what advanced was able to arrive in his presence, at ten paces from the tree, without being perceived.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To have put himself on guard against any suspicious approach would have been the first care of our adventurer had his eyes been open at the time.
