Chapter VIII
'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust. 'Shall I turn them into the jungle?' 'Ay! Turn. Swiftly turn them!
The Kipling Reader
Chapter VIII
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'I
have--have
hunted
these
too
in
my
time,'
gasped
Akela
in
the
dust.
'Shall
I
turn
them
into
the
jungle?'
'Ay!
Turn.
Swiftly
turn
them!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
'I
have--have
hunted
these
too
in
my
time,'
gasped
Akela
in
the
dust.
Line 2
'Shall
I
turn
them
into
the
jungle?'
Line 3
'Ay!
Line 4
Turn.
Line 5
Swiftly
turn
them!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.”
Shall
modal verb
US /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “'Shall I turn them into the jungle?'”
These
determiner
US /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.”
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Akela
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Ay
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From this reading 'Ay!
dust
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gasped
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From this reading 'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.
hunted
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From this reading 'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading 'Shall I turn them into the jungle?'
jungle
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From this reading 'Shall I turn them into the jungle?'
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.
Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading 'Shall I turn them into the jungle?'
Swiftly
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From this reading Swiftly turn them!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading 'Shall I turn them into the jungle?'
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading 'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.
too
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From this reading 'I have--have hunted these too in my time,' gasped Akela in the dust.
turn
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From this reading 'Shall I turn them into the jungle?'