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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Chapter XIV

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By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

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By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.
We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.
The seegars was prime.
We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.
I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.
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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 XIV

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Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.
Line 2
We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.
Line 3
The seegars was prime.
Line 4
We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.
Line 5
I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

Learner Dictionary

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general noun US /ˈd͡ʒɛnɹəl/

A general fact or proposition; a generality.

From this reading “We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.”

having verb US /ˈhævɪŋ/

To possess, own.

From this reading “We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.”

neither adverb US /ˈnaɪð.ə(ɹ)/

Similarly not.

From this reading “We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.”

All words in this reading · 72

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a

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

about

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

adventures

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afternoon

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From this reading We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.

all

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and

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

at

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

been

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From this reading We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.

before

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From this reading We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.

blankets

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booksnounUS /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

boots

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boxes

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but

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By-and-by

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

clothes

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

didn't

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ever

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From this reading We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.

ferry-boat

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found

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

gang

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

generalnounUS /ˈd͡ʒɛnɹəl/

A general fact or proposition; a generality.

From this reading We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.

good

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From this reading We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.

got

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

had

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

hadn't

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From this reading We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.

happened

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

havingverbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/

To possess, own.

From this reading We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.

he

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

I

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

in

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From this reading We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.

inside

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

Jim

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

kinds

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

laid

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From this reading We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.

lives

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From this reading We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.

lot

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

me

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From this reading We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.

more

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

neitheradverbUS /ˈnaɪð.ə(ɹ)/

Similarly not.

From this reading We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.

no

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

of

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

off

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

other

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

our

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From this reading We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.

over

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

prime

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From this reading The seegars was prime.

reading

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From this reading We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.

rich

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From this reading We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.

said

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

seegars

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

sorts

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

spyglass

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stole

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

talking

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From this reading We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.

the

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

these

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

things

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

this

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From this reading We hadn’t ever been this rich before in neither of our lives.

three

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

time

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From this reading We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.

told

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

truck

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

turned

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

up

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

want

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From this reading I told Jim all about what happened inside the wreck and at the ferry-boat, and I said these kinds of things was adventures; but he said he didn’t want no more adventures.

was

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From this reading The seegars was prime.

we

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

what

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when

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.

woods

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From this reading We laid off all the afternoon in the woods talking, and me reading the books, and having a general good time.

wreck

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From this reading By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of books, and a spyglass, and three boxes of seegars.