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1
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From this reading On January 1, 1868, bright and early, Conseil joined me on the platform.
1868
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From this reading On January 1, 1868, bright and early, Conseil joined me on the platform.
27
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
28
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
750
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
allow
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From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
Botanical
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From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
bright
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From this reading On January 1, 1868, bright and early, Conseil joined me on the platform.
cleared
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
Conseil
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From this reading On January 1, 1868, bright and early, Conseil joined me on the platform.
days
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
December
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
DURINGprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
early
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From this reading On January 1, 1868, bright and early, Conseil joined me on the platform.
extraordinary
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
gallant
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From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
Gardens
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From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
happy
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From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
heading
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
heavens
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From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
islands
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
it's
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From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
January
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From this reading On January 1, 1868, bright and early, Conseil joined me on the platform.
joined
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From this reading On January 1, 1868, bright and early, Conseil joined me on the platform.
just
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From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
La
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
lad
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From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
leagues
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
like
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From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
master
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From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On January 1, 1868, bright and early, Conseil joined me on the platform.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
Nautilus
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
new
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From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
NIGHT
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
office
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From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
old
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From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On January 1, 1868, bright and early, Conseil joined me on the platform.
Papua
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
Paris
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From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
platform
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From this reading On January 1, 1868, bright and early, Conseil joined me on the platform.
Pérouse's
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
said
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From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
separated
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
southeastern
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
southwesterly
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
speed
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
Strait
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
three
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
times
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From this reading “Good heavens, Conseil, it’s just like old times in my office at the Botanical Gardens in Paris!
tip
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From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
Torres
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
Vanikoro
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared the 750 leagues that separated La Pérouse’s islands from the southeastern tip of Papua.
waterways
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From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
wish
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From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27-28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed.
year
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From this reading “Will master,” the gallant lad said to me, “allow me to wish him a happy new year?”
