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All
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From this reading All his plans and prophecies had come to naught.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All his plans and prophecies had come to naught.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the King's House at Spanish Town the governor was troubled.
bands
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
career
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
children
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All his plans and prophecies had come to naught.
coming
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
Cornwall
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
counties
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
destroyed
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
disasters
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
districts
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
equallynounUS /ˈequally/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
everywhere
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
full
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
governor
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From this reading In the King's House at Spanish Town the governor was troubled.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All his plans and prophecies had come to naught.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All his plans and prophecies had come to naught.
House
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From this reading In the King's House at Spanish Town the governor was troubled.
hugely
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the King's House at Spanish Town the governor was troubled.
joined
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
King's
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From this reading In the King's House at Spanish Town the governor was troubled.
Llyn
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
made
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
MaroonsnounUS /ˈmaroons/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
marriage
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
Messages
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
Middlesex
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
murdered
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
natives
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
naught
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From this reading All his plans and prophecies had come to naught.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
people
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
plans
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From this reading All his plans and prophecies had come to naught.
plantation
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
Planters
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
possession
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
prophecies
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From this reading All his plans and prophecies had come to naught.
provost-marshal-general
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
ravaged
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
ravaging
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
rebellion
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
reports
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
revolted
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
robbed
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
serious
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
settled
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
Sheila
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
slaves
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From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
some
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
Spanish
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From this reading In the King's House at Spanish Town the governor was troubled.
successful
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the King's House at Spanish Town the governor was troubled.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
there
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From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All his plans and prophecies had come to naught.
Town
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From this reading In the King's House at Spanish Town the governor was troubled.
troubled
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From this reading In the King's House at Spanish Town the governor was troubled.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the King's House at Spanish Town the governor was troubled.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Messages had been coming from the provost-marshal-general of reports from the counties of Middlesex and Cornwall, that the Maroons were ravaging everywhere and that bands of slaves had joined them with serious disasters to the plantation people.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
wives
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From this reading Planters, their wives and children had been murdered, and in some districts the natives were in full possession and had destroyed, robbed and ravaged.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He had been sure there would be no rebellion of the Maroons, and he was equally sure that his career would be made hugely successful by marriage with Sheila Llyn--but the Maroons had revolted, and the marriage was not settled!
