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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 Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
animal
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From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading Yet behind anything, anybody, might drop down upon me from above.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Yet behind anything, anybody, might drop down upon me from above.
approached
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
back
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From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Yet behind anything, anybody, might drop down upon me from above.
branch
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was but one way up to it--that by which I had come.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
cleft
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was but one way up to it--that by which I had come.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
down
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From this reading Yet behind anything, anybody, might drop down upon me from above.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
drop
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From this reading Yet behind anything, anybody, might drop down upon me from above.
far
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From this reading I was right in the selection of my hiding-place so far.
feared
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From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
ghost-like
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From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was but one way up to it--that by which I had come.
hiding-place
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was but one way up to it--that by which I had come.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Yet behind anything, anybody, might drop down upon me from above.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was right in the selection of my hiding-place so far.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
noiselessly
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
offer
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
only
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
place
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
possible
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was right in the selection of my hiding-place so far.
rocks
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
rooted
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
secure
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
seen
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From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
seized
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
selection
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From this reading I was right in the selection of my hiding-place so far.
shadows
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From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
side
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
Silently
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From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I was right in the selection of my hiding-place so far.
spying
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
swung
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was but one way up to it--that by which I had come.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
Then
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
There
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From this reading There was but one way up to it--that by which I had come.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Silently I drew back among the shadows, for I feared to be seen by this ghost-like animal.
tree
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
up
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From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Yet behind anything, anybody, might drop down upon me from above.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
way
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From this reading There was but one way up to it--that by which I had come.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then spying a place where the rocks above me seemed to offer a secure hiding-place, which could only be approached from one side, I seized a branch of a tree which was rooted in a cleft, and swung myself up as noiselessly as possible.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet behind anything, anybody, might drop down upon me from above.
