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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 "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
activity
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From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading And there was the puzzle where to get anything to eat.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
away
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
back
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
beastly
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
beetle
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From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Come round just where it was before.
behaving
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From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
certainly
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
chaps
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Come round just where it was before.
deserving
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
down
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
drunkards
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
eat
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From this reading And there was the puzzle where to get anything to eat.
end
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From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
fate
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
get
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
go
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
hide
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
how
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
hungry
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From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
just
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From this reading Come round just where it was before.
kept
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From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
like
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From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
neck
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
Ocean
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
other
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
out
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
pin
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From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
Pioneer
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
puzzle
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From this reading And there was the puzzle where to get anything to eat.
round
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From this reading Come round just where it was before.
safer
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
Sanders
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
somewhere
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
sorrowing
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
spear
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
There
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And there was the puzzle where to get anything to eat.
treasure
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From this reading There was the treasure down there in the _Ocean Pioneer_, and how one might get it and hide it somewhere safer, and get away and come back for it.
tremendous
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From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
weak
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From this reading "I was weak and hungry, and my mind kept on behaving like a beetle on a pin, tremendous activity and nothing done at the end of it.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Come round just where it was before.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
wouldn't
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
young
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From this reading There was sorrowing for the other chaps, beastly drunkards certainly, but not deserving such a fate, and young Sanders with the spear through his neck wouldn't go out of my mind.
