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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 NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Far more likely it's the mutineers," I answered.
arm
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
Ben
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
came
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
colours
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
cried
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From this reading "That!" he cried.
don't
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
doubt
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
down
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
enough
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From this reading "Now," said he, "there's your friends, sure enough."
Far
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From this reading "Far more likely it's the mutineers," I answered.
fly
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
fortune
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
friends
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From this reading "Now," said he, "there's your friends, sure enough."
GARRISONnounUS /ˈɡærəsən/
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
gen'lemen
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
Gunn
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
halt
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
HAWKINS
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Far more likely it's the mutineers," I answered.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
it's
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From this reading "Far more likely it's the mutineers," I answered.
JIM
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
Jolly
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
like
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
likely
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From this reading "Far more likely it's the mutineers," I answered.
make
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
more
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From this reading "Far more likely it's the mutineers," I answered.
mutineers
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From this reading "Far more likely it's the mutineers," I answered.
NARRATIVE
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
Now
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From this reading "Now," said he, "there's your friends, sure enough."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
place
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
puts
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
RESUMED
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
Roger
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
said
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From this reading "Now," said he, "there's your friends, sure enough."
sat
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
saw
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
Silver
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
soon
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
STOCKADE
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
stopped
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From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
sure
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From this reading "Now," said he, "there's your friends, sure enough."
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That!" he cried.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
there's
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From this reading "Now," said he, "there's your friends, sure enough."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS--THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
Why
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From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger, you don't make no doubt of that.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now," said he, "there's your friends, sure enough."
