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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 The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
also
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From this reading "There's also a box of saddles on board.
anchor
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
animals
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From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
Apostle
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
ashore
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
belonging
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From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
board
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From this reading "There's also a box of saddles on board.
bones
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From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
bought
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From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
box
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From this reading "There's also a box of saddles on board.
breakfast
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
came
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
certainly
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From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
Commissioner
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From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
dry
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From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
filly
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
find
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
immediately
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From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
Joan
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From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
ketch
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
Lackland
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From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
living
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From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
mares
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
Miss
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From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
mission
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
missionary
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From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "There's also a box of saddles on board.
plantation
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
prepared
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From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
rattling
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From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
recognized
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From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
Resident
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From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
saddles
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From this reading "There's also a box of saddles on board.
said
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From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
sent
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From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
shakingnounUS /ˈshaking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
Sheldon
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
Solomons
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From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
stepping
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From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
swimming
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
There's
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From this reading "There's also a box of saddles on board.
threat
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From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
two
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From this reading The next morning Sheldon came in from the plantation to breakfast, to find the mission ketch, _Apostle_, at anchor, her crew swimming two mares and a filly ashore.
up
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From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was certainly living up to her threat of rattling the dry bones of the Solomons, and he was prepared for anything.
Welshmere
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From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Miss Lackland sent them," said Welshmere, the missionary doctor, stepping ashore and shaking hands with him.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sheldon recognized the animals as belonging to the Resident Commissioner, and he immediately wondered if Joan had bought them.
