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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 I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
accident
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
Archipelago
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
away
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
became
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
beer
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
board
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
boat
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
boat-builder
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
bottled
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
brig
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
chest
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
convivial
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From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
days
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
down
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
drink
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From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
drinker
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
early
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
Eastern
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
end
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
event
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
Finally
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
host
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From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
injuries
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
latter
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
Low
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
made
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
many
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
married
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
Miller's
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
money
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
night
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
noted
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
old
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From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
once
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
Oscott's
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
pirate
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From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
PointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
Polynesia
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
received
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
Rotoava
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
sailed
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
settled
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
shed
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
sociable
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From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
soul
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From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
stayed
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
suffering
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
Sydney
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
THYRA
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
Tom
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
tools
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
trade
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
trader
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From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
trading
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
undoing
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From this reading But this latter event was poor Tom Oscott's undoing, and in the end he took his chest of tools on board the THYRA trading brig, and sailed away to Polynesia.
wandering
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
wife
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From this reading He was by trade a boat-builder, having had, in his early days, a shed at Miller's Point, in Sydney, where he made money and married a wife.
wild
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From this reading I stayed once at Rotoava--in the Low Archipelago, Eastern Polynesia--while suffering from injuries received in a boat accident one wild night.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My host, the Rotoava trader, was a sociable old pirate, whose convivial soul would never let him drink alone.
years
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From this reading Finally, after many years' wandering, he settled down at Rotoava as a trader and boat-builder, and became a noted drinker of bottled beer.
