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1636
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
Algerines
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From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
arrested
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
arrived
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
bad
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
Barbary
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
boy
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From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
capture
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From this reading The instructions were that Dunton should sail to the English coast and there capture Christian prisoners.
Castle
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
certain
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
Channel
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
chapter
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
Christian
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From this reading The instructions were that Dunton should sail to the English coast and there capture Christian prisoners.
coast
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From this reading The instructions were that Dunton should sail to the English coast and there capture Christian prisoners.
concerning
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
containing
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
date
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From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
Dunton
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
English
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From this reading The instructions were that Dunton should sail to the English coast and there capture Christian prisoners.
experience
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
five
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
Flemish
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
given
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From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
GREAT
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
HENRY
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
Hurst
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
instructions
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From this reading The instructions were that Dunton should sail to the English coast and there capture Christian prisoners.
Isle
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
last
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
later
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From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
law
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
London
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
luck
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
mariner
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
master
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
Moors
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
MORGAN
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
named
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
Needles
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
off
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
out
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
pilot
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
pirate
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
pirates
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
prisoners
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From this reading The instructions were that Dunton should sail to the English coast and there capture Christian prisoners.
promptly
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
Rawlins
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
related
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
release
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From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
renegadoes
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
sail
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From this reading The instructions were that Dunton should sail to the English coast and there capture Christian prisoners.
Sallee
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
sent
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
ship
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The instructions were that Dunton should sail to the English coast and there capture Christian prisoners.
similar
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
SIR
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
slave
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From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
somewhat
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
still
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From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
taken
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
ten-year-old
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From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
then
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
there
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From this reading The instructions were that Dunton should sail to the English coast and there capture Christian prisoners.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
tried
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
twenty-one
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From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The instructions were that Dunton should sail to the English coast and there capture Christian prisoners.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Dunton had the bad luck to be taken by the Sallee pirates, who then sent him out as master and pilot of a Sallee pirate ship containing twenty-one Moors and five Flemish renegadoes.
Wight
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
Winchester
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From this reading He had arrived from Barbary in the English Channel and was off Hurst Castle by the Needles, Isle of Wight, when he was promptly arrested as a pirate and sent to Winchester to be tried by law.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was given his release at a later date, but his ten-year-old boy was still a slave with the Algerines.
year
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From this reading THE GREAT SIR HENRY MORGAN About the year 1636 a certain London mariner, named Dunton, had an experience somewhat similar to that which we related in the last chapter concerning Rawlins.
