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10
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
108
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
116
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
119
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
131
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
137
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
14
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
146
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
155
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
167
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
174
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
180
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
29
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
36
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
4
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
48
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
61
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
68
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
74
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
83
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
96
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
agreed
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
all
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
alley
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
aloft
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
back
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
blow
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
buried
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
care
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
carried
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
charge
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
company
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
compass
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
cover
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
daggernounUS /ˈdæɡ.ər/
A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a stealth weapon.
From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
dark
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
disorder
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
eh
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
empty
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
encountered
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
fairly
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
fell
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
Fighting
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
fired
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
flag
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
Frontispiece
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
Giles
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
got
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
hand
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
house
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
king
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From this reading "This is the son of your king.
Kiss
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
Knocked
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
lay
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
legs
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
lover-like
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
Lower
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
Major
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
man
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
Master
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
met
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
night
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
off
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
OpenverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
Peel
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
Peter
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
pistols
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
prisoner
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
prone
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
prostrate
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
quartermasternounUS /ˈquartermaster/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
reach
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
RunningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
said
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
shoulder
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
shrank
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
sight
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
sink
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
son
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From this reading "This is the son of your king.
sounds
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
spot
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
Stab
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
stepped
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
stop
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This is the son of your king.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
tried
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From this reading I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131
try
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
two
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
valets
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
Vignerolles
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
want
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From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
Warrington
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
water
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
way
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From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83
woman
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From this reading "I shall try to stop them" 137 "Major Warrington?" he said 146 "You are our prisoner" 155 "The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never before encountered" 167 "The woman shrank from him" 174 "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" 180 "You have come back to your senses, eh?"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36
