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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 Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
away
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From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
baby
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
baby's
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From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
became
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From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
become
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
big
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From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
boy
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
case
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From this reading Yet such was the case.
century
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
chickens
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
churned
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
cows
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
dislike
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From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
distaste
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From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
fancy
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From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
farm
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
farmer
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
farming
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From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
father
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
formidableadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrmɪdəbəl/
very difficult to deal with or overcome
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
gentle
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
grew
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From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
Henry
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From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
knew
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
man
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From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
Morgan
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From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
most
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
mother
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
Pirate
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
piratesnounUS /ˈpirates/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
Potentate
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
quiet
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
ran
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From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
reared
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
reason
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
rural
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
sailor
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From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
seacoast
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From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
secluded
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
seventeenth
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
solitude
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
Sometime
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
strong
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From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Yet such was the case.
tended
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
there
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
Wales
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From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A Pirate Potentate Sometime in the last half of the seventeenth century on a quiet farm in a secluded part of Wales there was born a little boy baby.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The baby's name was Henry Morgan, and as he grew to be a big boy a distaste for farming grew with him.
world
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From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading His father was a farmer, and his mother churned, and tended the cows and the chickens, and there was no reason to imagine that this gentle little baby, born and reared in this rural solitude, would become one of the most formidable pirates that the world ever knew.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet such was the case.
young
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From this reading So strong was his dislike that when he became a young man he ran away to the seacoast, for he had a fancy to be a sailor.
