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20
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
Abyssinia
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From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
again
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
amateur
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
awake
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From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The character of the country beyond the frontier of the Soudan renders transit by camel impossible.
boys
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From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
breakfast
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From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
busied
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
camel
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From this reading The character of the country beyond the frontier of the Soudan renders transit by camel impossible.
character
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From this reading The character of the country beyond the frontier of the Soudan renders transit by camel impossible.
choice
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From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
country
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From this reading The character of the country beyond the frontier of the Soudan renders transit by camel impossible.
December
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
donkeys
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From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
faces
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
fatiguing
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From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
felt
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From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
Flemming's
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
following
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From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
frontier
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From this reading The character of the country beyond the frontier of the Soudan renders transit by camel impossible.
Gallabat
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From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
go
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From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
host
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
house
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
impossible
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From this reading The character of the country beyond the frontier of the Soudan renders transit by camel impossible.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
journey
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From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
June
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
keep
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
last
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
luxury
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From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
men
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
met
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
morning
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Mr
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
next
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
o'clock
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
photography
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
proceeded
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From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
prospect
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From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
renders
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From this reading The character of the country beyond the frontier of the Soudan renders transit by camel impossible.
said
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
see
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
selection
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From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
seven
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From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
seventeen
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From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
slept
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From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
Soudan
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From this reading The character of the country beyond the frontier of the Soudan renders transit by camel impossible.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
transit
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From this reading The character of the country beyond the frontier of the Soudan renders transit by camel impossible.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
up
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From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
want
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At seven o’clock on December 20 we met again at Mr. Flemming’s house, and busied ourselves with amateur photography.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
white
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading After breakfast we proceeded to the selection of seventeen “boys,” who were to go up with our donkeys from Gallabat to Abyssinia.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I had slept in the open by choice and felt it a luxury to awake on the following morning with no prospect of a fatiguing journey.
year
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From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You are the last white men I shall see until June next year,” said our host, “so I want to keep your faces.”
