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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 schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
accompanied
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From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
account
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
AgainnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
anchor
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
ashore
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From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
away
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From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
back
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
boat
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From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
bush
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From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
bushmen
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
called
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From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
case
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From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
Christian
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From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
dropped
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
eight
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
extremity
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
gale
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From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
Georgia
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
got
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From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
Guadalcanar
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
handcuffs
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From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
lies
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
Marau
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
Mauki
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From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
months
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
Moongleam
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
natives
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From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
New
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
northwest
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From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
offered
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
resided
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From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
schoonernounUS /ˈskuːnər/
a sailing ship with two or more masts
From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
Sound
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
southeastern
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
sticks
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
stole
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From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
swam
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From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
tacked
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
there
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From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
thousand
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
tobacconounUS /ˈtobacco/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
trader
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
trader's
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From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
turned
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From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
Ugi
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From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
way
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From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
whale
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From this reading Again, and before the schooner called in, he got away, this time in a whale boat accompanied by a case of the trader's tobacco.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On the way back to New Georgia, the schooner dropped anchor in Marau Sound, which lies at the southeastern extremity of Guadalcanar.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
wreckedadjectiveUS /rɛkt/
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi, where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the Moongleam trader who resided there.
wrists
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From this reading Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush.
year
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From this reading The schooner went on, but the Moongleam trader ashore offered a thousand sticks, and to him Mauki was brought by the bushmen with a year and eight months tacked on to his account.
