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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
Agnes
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From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
arrive
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
arriving
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
dark
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
daybreak
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
difficulty
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
discovered
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From this reading I discovered, too, that Tamsin had ridden from Kynance to Mullion on horseback.
eight
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
enough
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fifteen
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From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
following
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
getting
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
hastily
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From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
Hayle
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From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
hopes
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
horseback
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From this reading I discovered, too, that Tamsin had ridden from Kynance to Mullion on horseback.
horses
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
hour
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
hours
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From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
house
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
HOW
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From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
Island
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From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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Jack's
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
just
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Kynance
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
leave
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
looking
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From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
matters
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
midnight
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
miles
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
Mullion
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
noon
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
o'clock
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
only
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
PENNINGTON
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Porth
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
relating
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From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
ridden
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From this reading I discovered, too, that Tamsin had ridden from Kynance to Mullion on horseback.
said
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From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
sailnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
scarcely
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From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
seven
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
some
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
St
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From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
story
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From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
Tamsin
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From this reading I discovered, too, that Tamsin had ridden from Kynance to Mullion on horseback.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
there
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
Thus
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From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
too
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From this reading I discovered, too, that Tamsin had ridden from Kynance to Mullion on horseback.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
TRESIDDERS
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From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
two
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From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I ought to have said that it took us fifteen hours to sail from St. Agnes Island to Hayle.
VICTORY
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From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thus having left the island at daybreak--that is, about eight o'clock in the morning--we did not arrive at Hayle till the following midnight, and such was our difficulty in getting horses at Hayle, that we did not leave there until morning, thus arriving at Mullion just before noon.
WEpronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
WENTnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were there, I should imagine, something over an hour, and as Porth Mullion is only some seven or eight miles from Kynance, I had hopes of getting to Captain Jack's house an hour or two before dark.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
WON
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From this reading HOW WE WENT TO PENNINGTON, AND HOW THE TRESIDDERS WON THE VICTORY On looking over what I have just written, it has struck me that I have told this part of my story hastily, scarcely relating enough to tell how matters stood.
written
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