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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
4
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
5
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii to-night—especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters.
all
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii to-night—especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
appointed
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From this reading They all started at the appointed hour except myself.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
betters
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From this reading I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii to-night—especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters.
Coacoanut
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
consist
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
day
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From this reading In my diary of our third day in Honolulu, I find this:
delicacy
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
Diamond
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
diary
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down
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dozen
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
especially
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From this reading I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii to-night—especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading They all started at the appointed hour except myself.
excursion
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
fifteen
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
find
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gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
Grove
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
Hawaii
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Head
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
Honolulu
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From this reading In my diary of our third day in Honolulu, I find this:
horse-back
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
hour
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From this reading They all started at the appointed hour except myself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In my diary of our third day in Honolulu, I find this:
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In my diary of our third day in Honolulu, I find this:
King's
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
ladies
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
M
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
man
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miles
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
most
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In my diary of our third day in Honolulu, I find this:
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading They all started at the appointed hour except myself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In my diary of our third day in Honolulu, I find this:
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In my diary of our third day in Honolulu, I find this:
P
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
planned
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
presence
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From this reading I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii to-night—especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters.
probably
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From this reading I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii to-night—especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters.
ridden
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
sensitive
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From this reading I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii to-night—especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
sitting
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From this reading I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii to-night—especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters.
started
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From this reading They all started at the appointed hour except myself.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii to-night—especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They all started at the appointed hour except myself.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In my diary of our third day in Honolulu, I find this:
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In my diary of our third day in Honolulu, I find this:
three
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
to-day
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From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
to-night
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From this reading I am probably the most sensitive man in Hawaii to-night—especially about sitting down in the presence of my betters.
truth
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
twenty
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From this reading I have ridden fifteen or twenty miles on horse-back since 5 P.M. and to tell the honest truth, I have a delicacy about sitting down at all.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading An excursion to Diamond Head and the King’s Coacoanut Grove was planned to-day—time, 4:30 P.M.—the party to consist of half a dozen gentlemen and three ladies.
