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The West Point Rivals
The West Point Rivals

Chapter XI

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BULL HARRIS GETS INTO TROUBLE.
It was a desperate moment.
Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.
Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.
Texas leaped up, his eyes blazing with fury.
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The West Point Rivals

Chapter XI

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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BULL HARRIS GETS INTO TROUBLE.
Line 2
It was a desperate moment.
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Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.
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Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.
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Texas leaped up, his eyes blazing with fury.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Behind preposition US /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.”

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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 It was a desperate moment.

behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.

blazing

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From this reading Texas leaped up, his eyes blazing with fury.

BULL

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From this reading BULL HARRIS GETS INTO TROUBLE.

came

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From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

desperate

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From this reading It was a desperate moment.

door

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From this reading Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.

eyes

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From this reading Texas leaped up, his eyes blazing with fury.

fallen

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From this reading Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

fury

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From this reading Texas leaped up, his eyes blazing with fury.

GETS

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From this reading BULL HARRIS GETS INTO TROUBLE.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.

happened

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From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

HARRIS

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From this reading BULL HARRIS GETS INTO TROUBLE.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Texas leaped up, his eyes blazing with fury.

incredible

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From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

INTOprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading BULL HARRIS GETS INTO TROUBLE.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a desperate moment.

just

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From this reading Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.

leaped

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From this reading Texas leaped up, his eyes blazing with fury.

man

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From this reading Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.

moment

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From this reading It was a desperate moment.

opened

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From this reading Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.

saw

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From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

scarcely

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From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

swiftness

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From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

Texas

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From this reading Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

Things

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From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

TROUBLE

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From this reading BULL HARRIS GETS INTO TROUBLE.

up

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From this reading Texas leaped up, his eyes blazing with fury.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was a desperate moment.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Texas had fallen just behind the door which the man had opened.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Things happened with such incredible swiftness that those who saw them could scarcely tell what came first.