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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 fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
asserted
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From this reading Even the thought of the treasure being safe in our possession hardly asserted itself.
attempt
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
away
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Even the thought of the treasure being safe in our possession hardly asserted itself.
blown
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
Bound
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From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But with the morning there came a change.
came
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From this reading But with the morning there came a change.
change
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From this reading But with the morning there came a change.
comradesnounUS /ˈkɑːmrædz/
people who share difficult work or danger, especially soldiers
From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
crew
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day
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From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
despondency
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From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
devoted
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
Even
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From this reading Even the thought of the treasure being safe in our possession hardly asserted itself.
fate
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
fateful
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From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
fierce
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
gently
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
greatest
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From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
hardly
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From this reading Even the thought of the treasure being safe in our possession hardly asserted itself.
heavily
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
heaving
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
Homeward
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From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Even the thought of the treasure being safe in our possession hardly asserted itself.
lives
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
lot
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
minds
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
more
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
morning
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From this reading But with the morning there came a change.
mutineers
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
once
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
out
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
possession
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From this reading Even the thought of the treasure being safe in our possession hardly asserted itself.
poured
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prevailed
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rays
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
rest
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safe
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From this reading Even the thought of the treasure being safe in our possession hardly asserted itself.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
scorching
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
short
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
storm
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
sun
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Homeward Bound For the rest of that fateful day the greatest despondency prevailed amongst our crew.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
there
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From this reading But with the morning there came a change.
thought
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From this reading Even the thought of the treasure being safe in our possession hardly asserted itself.
thrown
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
treasure
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From this reading Even the thought of the treasure being safe in our possession hardly asserted itself.
tropical
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
useless
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
waters
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From this reading The storm, short and fierce, had blown itself out, and once more the tropical sun poured its scorching rays upon the gently heaving waters.
weighed
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But with the morning there came a change.
worthless
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From this reading The fate of their devoted comrades, whose lives had been thrown away in a useless attempt to save a worthless lot of mutineers, weighed heavily on their minds.
