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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 DOWNFALL OF A PANTHEON.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
armed
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From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
Australasian's
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
boys
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From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
brandishing
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
bravado
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
came
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
captainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
careful
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From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
companions
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From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
DOWNFALL
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From this reading THE DOWNFALL OF A PANTHEON.
endeavored
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
entered
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
fringing
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
gesticulating
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
gig
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
island
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
laden
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
lagoon
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
landing
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
landward
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
loud
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
main
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
mouth
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
narrow
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
natives
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
noise
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
observed
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From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DOWNFALL OF A PANTHEON.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
out
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
PANTHEON
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From this reading THE DOWNFALL OF A PANTHEON.
place
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
progress
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
pure
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
quiet
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From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
reef
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
resolution
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From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
rowed
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
screams
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
seamanlike
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From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
seaward
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
shark's
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
shore
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
Shouting
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
spears
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
steadily
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From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
stop
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DOWNFALL OF A PANTHEON.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Australasian's gig entered the lagoon through the fringing reef by its narrow seaward mouth, and rowed steadily for the landing place on the main island.
tips
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
tooth
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From this reading Shouting and gesticulating and brandishing their spears with the shark's tooth tips, they endeavored to stop its progress landward by pure noise and bravado.
up
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
voice
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From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
war-canoes
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
way
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "We must be careful what we do, boys," the captain observed, in a quiet voice of seamanlike resolution to his armed companions.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
yells
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From this reading A little way out from shore, amid loud screams and yells, the natives came up with it in their laden war-canoes.
