Chapter XIV
"Get back, Bayard," Bale snarled. "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging." I stood up slowly. He stared at me, gnawing his lip. "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
Worlds of the Imperium
Chapter XIV
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"Get
back,
Bayard,"
Bale
snarled.
"Rotten
luck,
that;
I
needed
the
swine
alive
for
hanging."
I
stood
up
slowly.
He
stared
at
me,
gnawing
his
lip.
"It
was
you
I
wanted
dead;
and
this
fool
traded
lives
with
you."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
"Get
back,
Bayard,"
Bale
snarled.
Line 2
"Rotten
luck,
that;
I
needed
the
swine
alive
for
hanging."
Line 3
I
stood
up
slowly.
Line 4
He
stared
at
me,
gnawing
his
lip.
Line 5
"It
was
you
I
wanted
dead;
and
this
fool
traded
lives
with
you."
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Dead
noun
US /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."”
Fool
noun
US /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."”
Stood
noun
US /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I stood up slowly.”
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alive
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From this reading "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He stared at me, gnawing his lip.
back
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From this reading "Get back, Bayard," Bale snarled.
Bale
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From this reading "Get back, Bayard," Bale snarled.
Bayard
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From this reading "Get back, Bayard," Bale snarled.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
foolnounUS /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging."
Get
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From this reading "Get back, Bayard," Bale snarled.
gnawing
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From this reading He stared at me, gnawing his lip.
hanging
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From this reading "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging."
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He stared at me, gnawing his lip.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He stared at me, gnawing his lip.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging."
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
lip
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From this reading He stared at me, gnawing his lip.
lives
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From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
luck
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From this reading "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging."
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He stared at me, gnawing his lip.
needed
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From this reading "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging."
Rotten
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From this reading "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging."
slowly
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From this reading I stood up slowly.
snarled
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From this reading "Get back, Bayard," Bale snarled.
stared
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From this reading He stared at me, gnawing his lip.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I stood up slowly.
swine
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From this reading "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Rotten luck, that; I needed the swine alive for hanging."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
traded
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From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
up
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From this reading I stood up slowly.
wanted
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From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It was you I wanted dead; and this fool traded lives with you."