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on hearing the sound
\'At\' expresses the occasion or cause that leads to something taking place:
She fainted at the sight of blood.
He was startled at my words.
At the sharpness of her tone the old dog stopped.
He laid his hand on a stone and slowly got hold of it.
spoke severely. The mother was stopping her son taking that inhospitable action.
At the woman\'s rebuke, the boy did not throw the stone.
out of the darkness. Except for the ring of space lit up by the fire, all the surrounding area was a dark background of trees, as it was night. hindquarters; back part of the body trying to make the Indians like him; in a friendly and affectionate way (for the purpose of gaining food) In addition to wagging his tail, the dog was trying to smile to show that he was not aggressive, so that he might win favor with the Indians. The grimace refers to his forced smile, which pulled back his ears and lips. (transferred epithet) a silence caused by the Indians being amazed at the dog\'s manner of approach There were two boys who were the only children there, the older being the one whose hand closed on a stone. transferred epithet (It was the Indians who became excited.) The old dog was offended by the wail of terror from the smaller boy, not by the chatter. He was trying hard to be friendly, but the boy was afraid of him. Seeing little chance of getting food, he was uncertain whether to move on or turn buck. moved towards the older boy in the hope of being welcomed disappointed. The dog could not understand human speech, but he understood the tone. He thought the woman\'s sharp words were directed at him and he was unwelcome. The woman sensed something unusual about the dog. comforting words; words that could relieve the dog of fear and disappointment, that assured him that everything was all right for him gratefully
The old dog limped ','out of the shadows')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">out of the shadows and into the ring of firelight, confident, friendly, and sure of his welcome; his tail wagging his whole ','stern')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">stern ','ingratiatingly')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">ingratiatingly,
ingratiate oneself with sb: (an unfavorable phrase) try to curry favor with sb; to fawn on sb, e.g.
Everyone in the office resented her tricks for ingratiating herself with the boss. ','ears and lips ... grimace')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">ears and lips laid back in his nightmarish grimace. There was ','a stunned silence')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">a stunned silence - broken by a wail of terror from
We may say, for example, “I sat in stunned silence” or “a watchful/surprised silence.” ','the smaller boy')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">the smaller boy, who flung himself at his mother - and then a quick ','Excited chatter')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">excited chatter from the Indians. The old dog was rather ','offended and uncertain')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">offended and uncertain for a moment, but he ','made hopefully for the nearest boy ')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">made hopefully for the nearest boy, who retreated, nervously clutching his stone. But again the woman rebuked her son, and at the sharpness of her tone the old dog stopped, ','crestfallen')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">crestfallen. She laid down her basket then, and walked quickly across the ring of firelight, stooping down to ','look more closely')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">look more closely. She spoke some soft ','words of reassurance')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">words of reassurance, then patted his head gently and smiled at him. The old dog leaned against her and whipped his, tail against her black stockings, happy to be in contact with a human being again. She crouched down beside him to run her fingers lightly over his ears and back, and when he licked her face ','appreciatively')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">appreciatively, she laughed. At this, the two little boys drew nearer to the dog and the rest of the band gathered around.
Soon the old dog was where he most loved to be -the centre of attention among some human beings. He made the most of it and played to an admiring audience; an audience that recognized the value of his performance because of the wound sudden and strong bursts of laughter (caused by the dog\'s strange behavior of waving one paw in the air) ','an appreciative audience')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">an appreciative audience; when one of the men tossed him a chunk of meat he ','sat up painfully')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">sat up painfully on his hindquarters and begged for more, waving one paw in the air. This sent the Indians into ','paroxysms of laughter')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">paroxysms of laughter, and he had to repeat his performance time and time again, until he was tired and lay down, panting but happy.
The Indian woman stroked him gently in reward and then ladled some of the meat from the pot on to the grass. The old dog limped towards it; but before he ate he looked up in the direction of the hillside where he had left his two companions.
bounced; sprang back. The stone was dislodged by the cat who was coming down the hillside to join the old dog. The unexpected stone confused the Indians so they suddenly grew quiet, waiting eagerly for something to appear.
A small stone ','rebounded')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">rebounded from rock to rock and then rolled ','into the sudden silence')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">into the sudden silence that followed.
the small area of bare ground where the Indians camped, surrounded by tall trees and hills (of voice) loud, harsh, and unpleasant to the ear Because it was unusual for a cat to take a piece of meat calmly from a dog. laughing in a completely uncontrolled way not affected by their laughter \'This\' refers to the boys rolling and kicking their heels. A bull-terrier is a hybrid of the bull dog (a kind of fierce dog) and the terrier (a kind of hunting dog).
When a long-legged, blue-eyed cat appeared out of the darkness, paused, then filled ','the clearing')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">the clearing with a ','strident')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">strident plaintive voice before walking up to the dog and calmly taking a piece of meat from him, ','the Indians laughed')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">the Indians laughed until they were speech less and hiccupping. The two little boys rolled on the ground, kicking their heels ','in an abandonment of mirth')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">in an abandonment of mirth, while the cat chewed his meat
mirth: amusement expressed in laughter, e.g.
There came sounds of suppressed mirth.
abandonment: wild and unrestrained outburst. “Abandon oneself to an emotion” is to surrender oneself to that emotion without restrain, e.g.
After her mother died, she abandoned herself to grief.
“With abandon” means “unrestrainedly; in a wild, uncontrolled way,” e.g.
They danced with gay abandon (= as much as they wanted, and happily). ','unmoved')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">unmoved; but ','this was the kind of behavior')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">this was the kind of behaviour ','the bull-terrier')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">the bull-terrier understood, and he joined in the fun. But he rolled so enthusiastically that the wounds reopened: when he got to his feet again his white coat was stained with blood.
throughout this interval inclined to action; wanting to get into motion; having the force to make one go forward eager. The young dog was anxious to continue on their way became worried and annoyed became tense; was no longer relaxed Some of the Indians spoke with a slight tone of ridicule and scorn in their voices. The ancient crone was serious about her discovery that the dog was exceptional, but some in the band did not believe her and laughed her. hunched; hunchbacked; bowed very old an old woman talked to some of her companions (trying to convince them of her recognition of the unusual dog) emotional. The old woman felt strongly about her discovery. dipped some moss in the cattail (a kind of plant used as medicine) liquid so that it could take in as much of the liquid as possible to be applied to the dog's wounds the young dog on the hillside ','All this time')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">All this time the young dog crouched on the hillside, motionless and watchful, although every ','driving')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">driving, ','urgent')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">urgent nerve in his body ','fretted')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">fretted and ','strained')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">strained at the delay. He watched the cat, well-fed and content, curl himself on the lap of one of the sleepy children by the fire; he heard ','the faint note of derision ... voices')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">the faint note of derision in some of the Indians' voices as a little, ','bent')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">bent, ','ancient')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">ancient ','crone')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">crone ','addressed them')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">addressed them in earnest and ','impassioned')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">impassioned tones before hobbling over to the dog to examine his shoulder as he lay peacefully before the fire. She threw some cattail roots into a boiling pot of water, ','soaked some moss in the liquid')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">soaked some moss in the liquid, and pressed it against the dark gashes. The old dog did not move; only his tail beat slowly. When she had finished, she scooped some more meat on to a piece of birchbark and set it on the grass before the dog; and ','the silent watcher above')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">the silent watcher above licked his lips and sat up, but still he did not move from his place.
moved around the outside of the camp We use \'on\' before the word \'shore,\' e.g. The dog stood a quarter of a mile from the camp, nearer to the source of the wind (in a position where the wind passed over him first before reaching the camp), so that his bark could be carried on the wind to his two companions. commandingly; as if ordering his companions to leave the camp “On the other two” is the postmodifier of “effect.” The noun phrase is discontinued to maintain the balance of the sentence. The old dog could not understand why they should leave such a warm place. a loud wailing cry from deep throat. The “k” and “g” sounds are called guttural sounds because they come from the back of one\'s throat. The cat took the lead in order for the old dog to follow. seeing no alternative but to obey (“wu ke nai he” in Chinese). The general meaning of the word is: submissively; giving up any resistance; calmly accepting an undesirable situation as inevitable. did not take any actions the woman who laid down her basket in paragraph 2
But when the fires began to burn low and the Indians made preparations for the night, and still his companions showed no signs of moving, the young dog grew restless. He ','skirted the camp')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">skirted the camp, moving like a shadow through the trees on the hill behind, until he came out ','upon the lake\'s shore')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">upon the lake's shore
We could see the houses on the other shore of the lake.
There was a guard standing on the shore.
The three animals, according to the previous part of the story, had travelled several miles before they came to wood smoke and food. Human beings, they sensed, were somewhere not far away, and were undoubtedly cooking something. They then trotted along the hillside in the direction of the smell, until they caught sight of the camp. Therefore, the lake was not far away from the camp. ','a quarter of a mile upwind of the camp')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">a quarter of a mile upwind of the camp. Then he barked sharply and ','imperatively')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">imperatively several times. ','50. The effect ... on the other two')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">The effect was like an alarm bell on the other two. The cat sprang from the arms of the sleepy little Indian boy and ran towards the old dog, who was already on his feet, blinking and peering around
Other examples:
What business is it of yours?
From the first reactions you have to your novel, what conclusion can you draw? ','rather confusedly')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">rather confusedly. The cat gave ','a guttural yowl')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">a guttural yowl and ','deliberately ran ahead')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">deliberately ran ahead looking back as he paused beyond the range of firelight. The old dog shook himself ','resignedly')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">resignedly and walked slowly after - reluctant to leave the warmth of the fire. The Indians watched impassively and silently and
Resign oneself to sth unpleasant: accept it because you realize you can neither change it nor prevent it, e.g.
With his money stolen, Orwell had to resign himself to living on six francs a day.
He accepted his misfortune with resignation (without complaining). ','made no move')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">made no move to stop him. Only ','the woman who had first befriended him')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">the woman who had first befriended him called out softly, in the tongue of her people, a farewell to the traveller.
the edge of the woods, where the trees ended and the clearing began. The word “treeline” is more commonly used in the expression “above the tree-line.” meaning above the altitude on a mountain where trees cease to grow.
The dog halted at ','the treeline')" onmouseout="nd(); return true;">the treeline beside the cat and looked back, but the commanding, summoning bark was heard again, and together the two passed out of sight and into the blackness of the night.
That night they became immortal, had they known or cared, for the ancient woman had recognized the old dog at once by his colour and companions: he was the White Dog of the Ojibways, the virtuous White Dog of Omen, whose appearance heralds either disaster or good fortune. The Spirits had sent him, hungry and wounded, to test tribal hospitality; and for benevolent proof to the sceptical they had chosen a cat as his companion-for what mortal dog would suffer a cat to rob him of his meat? He had been made welcome, fed and succoured, the omen would prove fortunate.
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