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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 THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
armed
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From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
attempt
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
back
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
baggage
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From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
Boone
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
border
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
BOYS
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
called
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
carrying
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From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
chanced
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
colonize
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
country
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
Daniel
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
desired
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
Dunmore
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
engaged
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From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
enterprise
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From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
explorer
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From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
failed
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
falls
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
firebrand
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
governor
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
guided
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
heard
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
heavily
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From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
HoweveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
Indian
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
just
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
Kentucky
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
knife
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
later
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
man
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From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
men
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
MISSION
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
muttering
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
named
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From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
now
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
number
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
Ohio
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
out
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From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
outbreak
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From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
previous
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From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
quality
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From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
ran
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
RIDE
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
round
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
scalping
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
sent
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
set
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From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
settlements
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
some
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
Stoner
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From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
surveyors
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
tested
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From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
THREE
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
tomahawk
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
tribes
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From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
uprising
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
Virginia
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From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
War
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
well
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From this reading THE THREE BOYS RIDE ON A MISSION However, as it chanced, it was just as well that the first attempt of Daniel Boone to colonize Kentucky failed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
whole
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From this reading For a little later, the first muttering of that great Indian uprising, called the Dunmore War, began to be heard, and along the whole border ran the firebrand, the scalping knife and the tomahawk.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, had some time before sent a number of surveyors to the country round about the falls of the Ohio; and now he desired that these men be guided through the wilderness back to the settlements.
woodsman
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From this reading But previous to this outbreak of the tribes, Boone was engaged in another enterprise which tested his quality as a woodsman and explorer.
work
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From this reading Boone and a man named Stoner were engaged for this work, and set out heavily armed, but carrying little or no baggage.
