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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 Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
Africa
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From this reading Around Africa the _Victoria_ struggled.
again
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Magellan’s men, worn out with hunger and cold and hardships, still battled against wind and storm.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
AroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Around Africa the _Victoria_ struggled.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
battled
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From this reading Magellan’s men, worn out with hunger and cold and hardships, still battled against wind and storm.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
cold
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From this reading Magellan’s men, worn out with hunger and cold and hardships, still battled against wind and storm.
disappeared
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
five
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From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
hardships
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From this reading Magellan’s men, worn out with hunger and cold and hardships, still battled against wind and storm.
heard
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
hunger
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From this reading Magellan’s men, worn out with hunger and cold and hardships, still battled against wind and storm.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
kept
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From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
left
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From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
lost
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
Magellan
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From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
Magellan's
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From this reading Magellan’s men, worn out with hunger and cold and hardships, still battled against wind and storm.
man
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From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
men
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From this reading Magellan’s men, worn out with hunger and cold and hardships, still battled against wind and storm.
named
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
never
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
only
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
out
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From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
remained
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
seemed
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From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
ship
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
ships
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From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
single
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
started
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From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
still
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From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
storm
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From this reading Magellan’s men, worn out with hunger and cold and hardships, still battled against wind and storm.
struggled
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From this reading Around Africa the _Victoria_ struggled.
tale
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From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
tell
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From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
Then
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
Two
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From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
Victoria
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From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then one of these was lost, disappeared, and was never heard of again, and only a single ship named the _Victoria_, remained.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
wind
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From this reading Magellan’s men, worn out with hunger and cold and hardships, still battled against wind and storm.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Two of the ships, however, out of the five with which Magellan had started out, still kept on.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Magellan’s men, worn out with hunger and cold and hardships, still battled against wind and storm.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It seemed as if not one ship, not one man, would be left to tell the tale.
