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9th
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From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
Bell
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From this reading Bell could go no farther, and old Johnson felt ready to die.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
Cape
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From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
clear
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From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
Devon
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From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
die
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From this reading Bell could go no farther, and old Johnson felt ready to die.
discovery
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From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
dog
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From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
dying
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From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
eaten
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From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
end
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From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
energy
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From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
Esquimaux
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From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
farther
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From this reading Bell could go no farther, and old Johnson felt ready to die.
felt
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From this reading Bell could go no farther, and old Johnson felt ready to die.
flesh
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From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
forty-eight
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From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
go
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From this reading Bell could go no farther, and old Johnson felt ready to die.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
happened
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From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
horrible
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From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
Horsburgh
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From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
hours
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From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
HoweveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
hunger
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From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
Johnson
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From this reading Bell could go no farther, and old Johnson felt ready to die.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
linger
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From this reading Why linger over the perpetual sufferings of the survivors?
meal
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From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
miracle
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From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Bell could go no farther, and old Johnson felt ready to die.
North
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From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Why linger over the perpetual sufferings of the survivors?
old
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From this reading Bell could go no farther, and old Johnson felt ready to die.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Why linger over the perpetual sufferings of the survivors?
perpetual
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From this reading Why linger over the perpetual sufferings of the survivors?
reached
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From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
ready
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From this reading Bell could go no farther, and old Johnson felt ready to die.
recall
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From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
remains
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From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
September
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From this reading However, September 9th, by a miracle of energy, they reached Cape Horsburgh, at the end of North Devon.
sufferings
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From this reading Why linger over the perpetual sufferings of the survivors?
survivors
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From this reading Why linger over the perpetual sufferings of the survivors?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why linger over the perpetual sufferings of the survivors?
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
vision
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From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
week
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From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were dying of hunger; they had not eaten for forty-eight hours, and their last meal had been the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading They themselves could never recall to their memory a clear vision of what had happened in the week after their horrible discovery of the remains of the crew.
Why
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From this reading Why linger over the perpetual sufferings of the survivors?
