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1803
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From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
a-goin
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From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
ad
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From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
all
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From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
almost
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
back
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
Bengal
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From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
black-hole
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From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
blistering
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From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
British
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From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
chiefly
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
clothes
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
Company's
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
compared
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From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
dark
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From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
days
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
desperation
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
disorder
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From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
don't
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From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
dust
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
enough
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From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
face
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
features
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
gallows
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
git
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From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
growlednounUS /ˈgrowled/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
hard
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
hot
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From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
HOW
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From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
hulks
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
I'd
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From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
kill
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From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
killin
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From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
knows
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From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
light
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From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
like
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
low-browed
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
MADE
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From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
many
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
o
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From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
often
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
outpost
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From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
prison
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
prisoner
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From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
quick
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From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
recruits
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
ruffianly
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
savage
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From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
scowl
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
sharp
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From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
show
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From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
smeared
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
soldiers
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
solitary
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From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
squalid
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From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
sullen
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
tenant
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From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If _I_ 'ad the killin' o' _them_, I'd be quick enough about it, I knows that!"
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
they're
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From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
too
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
torn
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From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
Upper
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From this reading So growled a solitary prisoner in the "black-hole" of a British outpost in Upper Bengal one hot May morning in 1803.
VOWnounUS /vaʊ/
a serious promise
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
WASauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading With his clothes almost torn from his back, his face smeared with dust and blood, and a scowl of sullen desperation on his hard, low-browed, ruffianly features, he looked like what too many of the Company's soldiers were, in days when it drew its recruits chiefly from the prison and the hulks, and often enough from the gallows itself.
why
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From this reading HOW THE VOW WAS MADE "If they're a-goin' to kill me, why don't they look sharp and git it over?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Though dark compared with the blistering glare outside, the cell was light enough to show its tenant in all his squalid and savage disorder.
