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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Chapter IX

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I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

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I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.
This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.
We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.
We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.
The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Chapter IX

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Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.
Line 2
This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.
Line 3
We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.
Line 4
We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.
Line 5
The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.

Learner Dictionary

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getting verb US /[ˈɡɛɾɪŋ]/

(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

From this reading “We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.”

started verb US /ˈstɑːtɪd/

To begin, commence, initiate.

From this reading “I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.”

together adjective US /təˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/

Coherent; well organized.

From this reading “The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.”

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a

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

about

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

all

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

and

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

around

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

as

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From this reading The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.

at

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

because

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

big

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

bunched

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From this reading The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.

bushes

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From this reading We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.

by-and-by

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

cavernnounUS /ˈkæv.ərn/

A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.

From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

clumb

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

could

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From this reading The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.

exploring

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

foot

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From this reading This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.

forty

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From this reading This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.

found

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

gettingverbUS /[ˈɡɛɾɪŋ]/

(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

From this reading We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.

go

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

good

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

got

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

had

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From this reading We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.

high

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From this reading This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.

hill

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From this reading This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.

I

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

I'd

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

Illinois

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

in

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

island

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

it

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

Jim

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From this reading The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.

long

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

look

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

middle

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

mile

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

miles

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

most

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

of

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

on

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

only

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

or

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From this reading This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.

over

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

place

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

quarter

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

ridge

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From this reading This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.

right

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

rock

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

rooms

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From this reading The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.

rough

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From this reading We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.

side

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

sides

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From this reading We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.

so

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

soon

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

stand

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From this reading The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.

startedverbUS /ˈstɑːtɪd/

To begin, commence, initiate.

From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

steep

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From this reading This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.

straight

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From this reading The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.

that

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

the

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

thick

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From this reading We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.

This

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From this reading This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.

three

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

time

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From this reading We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.

to

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

togetheradjectiveUS /təˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/

Coherent; well organized.

From this reading The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.

tolerable

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From this reading This place was a tolerable long, steep hill or ridge about forty foot high.

top

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From this reading We had a rough time getting to the top, the sides was so steep and the bushes so thick.

towards

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

tramped

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

two

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From this reading The cavern was as big as two or three rooms bunched together, and Jim could stand up straight in it.

up

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From this reading We tramped and clumb around all over it, and by-and-by found a good big cavern in the rock, most up to the top on the side towards Illinois.

wanted

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

was

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

we

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

when

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.

wide

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From this reading I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide.