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The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines
The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines

Chapter IX

Chapter 9 of The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Isabel Anderson • Curated US English Learning Edition
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FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.
Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?
Did they save a centavo of pay?
Have the average men an account with the bank?
Never a cent--not they.
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The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines

Chapter IX

Chapter 9 of The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.
/ˈfɑːloʊɪŋ ðə flæɡ ðeɪ tɔːt ˌfɪləˈpiːnoʊz ðə raɪt weɪ tuː wɜːrk ənd ðeɪ tɔːt æz ɪf ˈtiːtʃɪŋ wɜːr fʌn ðeɪ tɔːt ðem tuː spel ənd tuː bɪld ðemˈselvz roʊdz ənd ðə best weɪ tuː ˈhændəl ə ɡʌn/
Line 2
Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?
/wɜːr ðer ˈsæləriz soʊ bɪɡ ðæt ðə tæsk wɑːz wɜːrθ waɪl/
Line 3
Did they save a centavo of pay?
Line 4
Have the average men an account with the bank?
/hæv ðə ˈævərɪdʒ men æn əˈkaʊnt wɪð ðə bæŋk/
Line 5
Never a cent--not they.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

average adjective US /ˈævərɪdʒ/

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

From this reading “Have the average men an account with the bank?”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
cent noun US /sent/

a fractional monetary unit of several countries

From this reading “Never a cent--not they.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Filipinos noun US /ˌfɪləˈpiːnoʊz/

plural of “filipino” — a native or inhabitant of the Philippines

From this reading “FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
flag noun US /flæɡ/

emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

From this reading “FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
roads noun US /roʊdz/

a partly sheltered anchorage

From this reading “FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
salaries noun US /ˈsæləriz/

plural of “salary” — something that remunerates

From this reading “Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
spell verb US /spel/

orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of

From this reading “FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
teaching noun US /ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/

the profession of a teacher

From this reading “FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

best way noun + noun

In this reading “FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.”

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All words in this reading · 49

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
accountnounUS /əˈkaʊnt/

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading Have the average men an account with the bank?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Have the average men an account with the bank?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
averageadjectiveUS /ˈævərɪdʒ/

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

From this reading Have the average men an account with the bank?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
banknounUS /bæŋk/

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

From this reading Have the average men an account with the bank?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
bestnounUS /best/

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
bigadjectiveUS /bɪɡ/

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
buildverbUS /bɪld/

make by combining materials and parts

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
centnounUS /sent/

a fractional monetary unit of several countries

From this reading Never a cent--not they.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
centavonoun

a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal

From this reading Did they save a centavo of pay?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Did they save a centavo of pay?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
FilipinosnounUS /ˌfɪləˈpiːnoʊz/

plural of “filipino” — a native or inhabitant of the Philippines

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
FLAGnounUS /flæɡ/

emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
FOLLOWINGadjectiveUS /ˈfɑːloʊɪŋ/

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
funnounUS /fʌn/

activities that are enjoyable or amusing

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
gunnounUS /ɡʌn/

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
handleverbUS /ˈhændəl/

be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Have the average men an account with the bank?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading Have the average men an account with the bank?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
NeveradverbUS /ˈnevər/

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Never a cent--not they.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Never a cent--not they.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Did they save a centavo of pay?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
payverbUS /peɪ/

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

From this reading Did they save a centavo of pay?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
rightadverbUS /raɪt/

precisely, exactly

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
roadsnounUS /roʊdz/

a partly sheltered anchorage

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
salariesnounUS /ˈsæləriz/

plural of “salary” — something that remunerates

From this reading Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/

except for; apart from

From this reading Did they save a centavo of pay?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
spellverbUS /spel/

orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
tasknounUS /tæsk/

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

From this reading Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
taughtverbUS /tɔːt/

inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
teachingnounUS /ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/

the profession of a teacher

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
waynounUS /weɪ/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Have the average men an account with the bank?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
workverbUS /wɜːrk/

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading FOLLOWING THE FLAG They taught Filipinos the right way to work, And they taught as if teaching were fun; They taught them to spell and to build themselves roads, And the best way to handle a gun.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
worthnounUS /wɜːrθ/

an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value

From this reading Were their salaries so big that the task was worth while?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Chapter 9 of The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines by Isabel Anderson holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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