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Chapter XXXIII
He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_. How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship? He lowered his head, and looked into the hold. The men behind shoved his living flanks. He took no heed, but lowered his head and looked again.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He took no heed, but lowered his head and looked again.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “The men behind shoved his living flanks.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He lowered his head, and looked into the hold.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He took no heed, but lowered his head and looked again.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took no heed, but lowered his head and looked again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The men behind shoved his living flanks.
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From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He took no heed, but lowered his head and looked again.
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From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
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From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
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From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
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From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
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From this reading The men behind shoved his living flanks.
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From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
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From this reading He lowered his head, and looked into the hold.
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From this reading He took no heed, but lowered his head and looked again.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
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From this reading He lowered his head, and looked into the hold.
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From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
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From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
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From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The men behind shoved his living flanks.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He lowered his head, and looked into the hold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He lowered his head, and looked into the hold.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
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From this reading The men behind shoved his living flanks.
not any; not one
From this reading He took no heed, but lowered his head and looked again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
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From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The men behind shoved his living flanks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took no heed, but lowered his head and looked again.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
in the company of; together with
From this reading He stood huge and silvery, dappled like the sky, with black snake markings down his haunches, looming massive above the red roof of the _canoa_.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading How would he ever duck to that roof, and drop under, into the darkness of the ship?
