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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
Ahuna
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From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
Akuli
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
all
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
back
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
burial-cave
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
cannot
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
collections
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
dreamed
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From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
genealogy
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From this reading Remember, and with reason and history, we trace back the highest and oldest genealogy in the Islands.
given
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
heard
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From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
highest
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From this reading Remember, and with reason and history, we trace back the highest and oldest genealogy in the Islands.
history
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From this reading Remember, and with reason and history, we trace back the highest and oldest genealogy in the Islands.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
Islands
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
Lakanaii
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
lamp-calabashes
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From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
lapsed
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
lighting
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From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
meles
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From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
more
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From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
moved
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From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
much
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From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
museums
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
muttering
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From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
oldest
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From this reading Remember, and with reason and history, we trace back the highest and oldest genealogy in the Islands.
once-over
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
place
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From this reading The place was wonderful.
prayers
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From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
Prince
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
reason
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From this reading Remember, and with reason and history, we trace back the highest and oldest genealogy in the Islands.
RememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Remember, and with reason and history, we trace back the highest and oldest genealogy in the Islands.
saw
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
say
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
sepulchrally
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From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
slang
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
there
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From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
totality
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
touch
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From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
trace
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From this reading Remember, and with reason and history, we trace back the highest and oldest genealogy in the Islands.
various
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From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everything that I had ever dreamed or heard of, and much more that I had not, was there.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Remember, and with reason and history, we trace back the highest and oldest genealogy in the Islands.
whale-oil
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From this reading Ahuna, sepulchrally muttering prayers and _meles_, moved about, lighting various whale-oil lamp-calabashes.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “I have given all the Islands’ museums the once-over,” Prince Akuli lapsed back into slang, “and I must say that the totality of the collections cannot touch what I saw in our Lakanaii burial-cave.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Remember, and with reason and history, we trace back the highest and oldest genealogy in the Islands.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The place was wonderful.
