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Chapter XIII
‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king. ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion. ‘We must shift those bombs.’ ‘Risk it,’ said Pestovitch. ‘Leave them alone.’
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Leave them alone.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “‘We must shift those bombs.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “‘We must shift those bombs.’”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Leave them alone.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
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From this reading ‘We must shift those bombs.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘Risk it,’ said Pestovitch.
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From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Leave them alone.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ‘We must shift those bombs.’
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Risk it,’ said Pestovitch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Risk it,’ said Pestovitch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘We must shift those bombs.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘I hate that sort of eye that laughs and keeps hard,’ said the king.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading ‘Leave them alone.’
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading ‘We must shift those bombs.’
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ‘We must shift those bombs.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I won’t sit still here and be caught like a fascinated rabbit,’ said the king in conclusion.
