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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 What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
AARON
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From this reading AARON TROW.
accounted
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From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
Alonzo
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From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
ancients
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
any
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From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
assert
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From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
Bermuda
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
call
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
carried
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From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
cluster
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
consider
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From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
declare
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
enterprise
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From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
far
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From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
Fortunate
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
geographers
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From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
given
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From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
gotten
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From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
Islands
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
islets
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
King
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From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
likely
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From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
mean
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From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
more
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From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
Neapolitan
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From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
professional
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From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
regard
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
sailors
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From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
say
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From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
story
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
stress
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From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
supposed
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From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
TROW
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From this reading AARON TROW.
up
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From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
weather
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From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
westwards
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From this reading Do not let professional geographers take me up, and say that no one has so accounted them, and that the ancients have never been supposed to have gotten themselves so far westwards.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What I mean to assert is this—that, had any ancient been carried thither by enterprise or stress of weather, he would not have given those islands so good a name.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
wish
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From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
WOULDmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I WOULD wish to declare, at the beginning of this story, that I shall never regard that cluster of islets which we call Bermuda as the Fortunate Islands of the ancients.
wreckedadjectiveUS /rɛkt/
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading That the Neapolitan sailors of King Alonzo should have been wrecked here, I consider to be more likely.
