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Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

Chapter I

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HEART-RENDING FATALITIES.
PREFACE.
Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.
It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

Chapter I

Reading 1/75 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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HEART-RENDING FATALITIES.
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PREFACE.
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Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.
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It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

Learner Dictionary

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

Among preposition US /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading “Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.”

All words in this reading · 36

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advertising

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amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.

Bold

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canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.

danger

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From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

evils

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From this reading Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.

experience

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From this reading Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.

fatal

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From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

FATALITIES

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From this reading HEART-RENDING FATALITIES.

frequently

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From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

greatest

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From this reading Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.

HEART-RENDING

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From this reading HEART-RENDING FATALITIES.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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invariably

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From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

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issue

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From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

like

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man

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From this reading Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.

marked

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material

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maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

PREFACE

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From this reading PREFACE.

productive

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From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

ranked

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regret

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From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

Shipwreck

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From this reading Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.

text

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thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

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thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

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void

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From this reading It is never void of danger, frequently of fatal issue, and invariably productive of regret.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Shipwreck may be ranked among the greatest evils which man can experience.