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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 A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
all
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
bad
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
believed
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
Bergen
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
boy
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
brought
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From this reading I thank heaven that I never brought a tear to my mother's eyes."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
Captain
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
captured
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
cases
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From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
conversation
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
CRAFT
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
dead
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
done
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
eyes
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From this reading I thank heaven that I never brought a tear to my mother's eyes."
feelings
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
few
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
Fred
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
governs
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From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
heaven
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From this reading I thank heaven that I never brought a tear to my mother's eyes."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
hours
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
I've
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From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
Inez
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
jocosely
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
know
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From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
last
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
latter
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
law
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From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
life
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
making
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
manner
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
many
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From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
mentioned
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
midnight
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
missionaries
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
more
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
most
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
mother
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
mother's
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From this reading I thank heaven that I never brought a tear to my mother's eyes."
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I thank heaven that I never brought a tear to my mother's eyes."
near
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
never
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From this reading I thank heaven that I never brought a tear to my mother's eyes."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
party
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
previous
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
proa
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
remarked
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
Sanders
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
sat
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
seen
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From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
set
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
small
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
some
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
speaker
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
STRANGE
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
succeeding
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
suffer
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
sure
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
talking
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
tear
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From this reading I thank heaven that I never brought a tear to my mother's eyes."
tell
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
tender
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
thank
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From this reading I thank heaven that I never brought a tear to my mother's eyes."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
there's
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From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
thinking
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
time
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
together
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
touched
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From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
two
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
uses
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From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The latter might have believed, as he had jocosely remarked, that he had captured a small party of missionaries, who were making a dead set at him; but his feelings had been touched in a most tender manner, and he had done more thinking during the last few hours than in all his previous life.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
whole
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From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
world
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From this reading I've seen so many cases that I know there's such a law that governs the whole world.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A STRANGE CRAFT "I tell you a boy who uses his mother bad is sure to suffer for it some time.
youth
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From this reading The speaker was Captain Bergen, who was talking to Fred Sanders while the two sat together on the proa, near midnight succeeding the conversation mentioned between Inez and the youth Fred.
