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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 My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
arms
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
baby
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
bamboo
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From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
bed
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From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
bodily
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I couldn't walk with my broken leg.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
care
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
carried
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From this reading She carried me slowly up the zig-zag path, and over the lip of the crater to Kalaua's house.
couldn't
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From this reading I couldn't walk with my broken leg.
crater
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From this reading She carried me slowly up the zig-zag path, and over the lip of the crater to Kalaua's house.
crisis
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
doubt
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
down
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From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
emergency
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
energy
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
face
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
fetch
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From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
food
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From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
gentle
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
ground
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
Hawaiian
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
house
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From this reading She carried me slowly up the zig-zag path, and over the lip of the crater to Kalaua's house.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I couldn't walk with my broken leg.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
Kalaua's
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From this reading She carried me slowly up the zig-zag path, and over the lip of the crater to Kalaua's house.
kind
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
laid
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From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
leg
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From this reading I couldn't walk with my broken leg.
lifted
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
limbs
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
lip
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From this reading She carried me slowly up the zig-zag path, and over the lip of the crater to Kalaua's house.
man
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
more
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I couldn't walk with my broken leg.
Nature
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
nervous
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
out
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From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She carried me slowly up the zig-zag path, and over the lip of the crater to Kalaua's house.
painful
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
partly
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
path
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From this reading She carried me slowly up the zig-zag path, and over the lip of the crater to Kalaua's house.
powerful
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
preserver
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She carried me slowly up the zig-zag path, and over the lip of the crater to Kalaua's house.
sinews
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
slowly
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From this reading She carried me slowly up the zig-zag path, and over the lip of the crater to Kalaua's house.
some
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
stand
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
strong
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
supplies
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
tender
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
Then
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From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
up
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
walk
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From this reading I couldn't walk with my broken leg.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
water
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From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
weakest
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From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
week-old
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From this reading My gentle preserver took me up in her arms with tender care, and lifted me, strong man as I am, bodily from the ground as if I had been a week-old baby.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she laid me down to rest upon a bamboo bed, and went out to fetch me food and water.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I couldn't walk with my broken leg.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was partly her powerful Hawaiian limbs and sinews that did it no doubt, but still more, I believe, that wonderful nervous energy with which Nature supplies even the weakest of our kind when they stand face to face at last in some painful crisis with a great emergency.
zig-zag
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From this reading She carried me slowly up the zig-zag path, and over the lip of the crater to Kalaua's house.
