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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 In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
anchor
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
arrival
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From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
Australia
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
back
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
beach
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From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
belated
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From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
board
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
boat's
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
bungalow
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
call
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
canoe
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
climbing
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
coming
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
Commissioner's
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
descending
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
earlier
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
Eugenie
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From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
fact
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
five
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
forgot
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From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
gang-plank
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
Guinea
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
heaving
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
high
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
hill
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
hour
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
houses
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
Kellar
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From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
landscape
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
made
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
Makambo
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
Makambo's
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
Michael
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From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
midnight
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
New
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
nigger-chaser
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From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
night
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From this reading And on the night of her belated arrival Captain Kellar forgot Michael on the beach.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
Once
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
out
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From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
port
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
port-hole
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
rummaged
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
sailed
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From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
Shortlands
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
starboard
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From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
steamer
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In fact, an hour earlier, as the _Makambo's_ anchor was heaving out and while Captain Kellar was descending the port gang-plank, Michael was coming on board through a starboard port-hole.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
Tulagi
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From this reading But Michael never sailed out of Tulagi, nigger-chaser on the _Eugenie_.
vainly
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From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
way
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
weeks
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From this reading Once in five weeks the steamer _Makambo_ made Tulagi its port of call on the way from New Guinea and the Shortlands to Australia.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading In itself, this was nothing, for, at midnight, Captain Kellar was back on the beach, himself climbing the high hill to the Commissioner's bungalow while the boat's crew vainly rummaged the landscape and canoe houses.
