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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 *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Then I cut two forked stakes and set them into the ground about ten feet apart.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
all
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
apart
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From this reading Then I cut two forked stakes and set them into the ground about ten feet apart.
asleep
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
Attacked
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
bamboos
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
bank
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
beach
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
Beacon
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
believed
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
breakfast
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
bunch
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
bunches
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
camp
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
carried
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
Cave
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
CHAPTER
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
cut
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
edge
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
end
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
feet
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From this reading Then I cut two forked stakes and set them into the ground about ten feet apart.
fell
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
few
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
following
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
forked
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From this reading Then I cut two forked stakes and set them into the ground about ten feet apart.
forks
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
going
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
grass
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
ground
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From this reading Then I cut two forked stakes and set them into the ground about ten feet apart.
growing
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
hold
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
hung
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
large
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
making
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
middle
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
Mountain
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
night
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
parting
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
Pigs
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
placed
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
pole
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
proceeded
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
quantity
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
revolved
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
rods
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
salt
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
saturated
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
saw
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
schemes
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
set
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From this reading Then I cut two forked stakes and set them into the ground about ten feet apart.
several
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
sleep
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
solved
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From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
some
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
stakes
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From this reading Then I cut two forked stakes and set them into the ground about ten feet apart.
stream
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
Taking
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
ten
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From this reading Then I cut two forked stakes and set them into the ground about ten feet apart.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
Then
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From this reading Then I cut two forked stakes and set them into the ground about ten feet apart.
thoroughly
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
tieing
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That night before going to sleep, I revolved several schemes in my mind, and, ere I fell asleep, I believed I had solved the question of making salt.
trimming
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
two
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From this reading Then I cut two forked stakes and set them into the ground about ten feet apart.
up
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From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
water
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From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Taking the grass I went to the edge of the beach and thoroughly saturated it in the salt water after which I carried it to the camp, and parting each bunch in the middle, I hung them over the pole.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Going a few rods up the bank of the stream where I saw some bamboos growing, I cut one, and trimming it, carried it to the camp, and placed it, one end in each of the forks of the stakes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
Wild
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
wisps
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
XI
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From this reading *CHAPTER XI.* _*The Cave on the Mountain; A Beacon; Attacked by Wild Pigs*_*.* After breakfast the following morning, I cut a large quantity of fine, long grass, which I proceeded to make into large bunches, all I could hold in my hands, tieing them with wisps of the grass itself.
