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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
Africa
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From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
age
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From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Determination was the keynote of his character even as a young boy.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
bought
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From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
boy
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From this reading Determination was the keynote of his character even as a young boy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
century
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From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
character
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From this reading Determination was the keynote of his character even as a young boy.
cotton
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From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
daily
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From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
DAVID
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From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
Determination
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From this reading Determination was the keynote of his character even as a young boy.
educated
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From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Determination was the keynote of his character even as a young boy.
explorers
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From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
factory
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From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
Fourteen
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From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
grammar
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From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
greatest
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From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Determination was the keynote of his character even as a young boy.
hours
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From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
interior
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From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
keynote
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From this reading Determination was the keynote of his character even as a young boy.
Latin
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From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
LIVINGSTONE
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From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
medical
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From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
missionary
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From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
nineteennounUS /ˈnineteen/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
nineteenth
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From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
path
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From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
perish
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From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
reading
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From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
resolved
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From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
Scotland
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From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
ten
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From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fourteen hours of daily work left little time for reading, but he educated himself, till at nineteen he was resolved to be a medical missionary.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
up
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From this reading DAVID LIVINGSTONE "I shall open up a path to the interior or perish."
wagesplural nounUS /ˈweɪdʒɪz/
money or a reward earned for work
From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Determination was the keynote of his character even as a young boy.
week's
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From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
words
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From this reading Such were the words of one of the greatest explorers of Africa in the nineteenth century.
work
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From this reading At the age of ten he was at work in a cotton factory in Scotland: with his first week's wages he bought a Latin grammar.
young
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From this reading Determination was the keynote of his character even as a young boy.
