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1794
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From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
Africa
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
Arrived
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
Bruce
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From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
collected
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
courageously
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
desert
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
died
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From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
early
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From this reading Most of the early geographers knew something of a great river running through Negroland.
edge
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
explore
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From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
five
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
geographers
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From this reading Most of the early geographers knew something of a great river running through Negroland.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
heart
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
Herodotus
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
Just
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From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
knew
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From this reading Most of the early geographers knew something of a great river running through Negroland.
later
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From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
men
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
Most
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From this reading Most of the early geographers knew something of a great river running through Negroland.
MUNGO
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From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
Nasamones
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
Negroland
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From this reading Most of the early geographers knew something of a great river running through Negroland.
NIGER
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From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
Nile
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From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
off
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From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
out
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
PARK
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From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
plunged
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
provisions
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
river
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From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Most of the early geographers knew something of a great river running through Negroland.
sandy
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
Scotsman
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From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
Selkirk
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From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
set
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Most of the early geographers knew something of a great river running through Negroland.
spring
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From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
started
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From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
supplied
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
tells
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER Bruce died in the spring of 1794.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Most of the early geographers knew something of a great river running through Negroland.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
unknown
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
very
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
water
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From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Arrived at the edge of the great sandy desert, they collected provisions and supplied themselves with water and plunged courageously into the unknown.
year
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From this reading Just a year later another Scotsman, Mungo Park, from Selkirk, started off to explore the great river Niger--whose course was as mysterious as that of the Nile.
young
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From this reading Indeed, Herodotus tells of five young men, the Nasamones, who set out to explore the very heart of Africa.
