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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 I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
brother
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
clan
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
Comely
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
countenance
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
country
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
days
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
empty
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
English
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
eyes
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
favoured
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
fell
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
fishing
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
forth
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
friend
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
gave
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From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
guest
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
gullible
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
honoured
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
house
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
island
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
kind
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
lad
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
living
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
loved
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
made
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
meaning
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
men
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
mode
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
mother
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
much
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
nimble
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
old
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
ORI
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
ruled
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
Serving
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
sign
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From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
simple
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
SLAYING
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
story
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
Taiárapu
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
TERIITERA
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From this reading TERIITERA.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
too
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From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
TÁMATÉA
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
well
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
wife
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
wont
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From this reading Támatéa his name: gullible, simple, and kind, Comely of countenance, nimble of body, empty of mind, His mother ruled him and loved him beyond the wont of a wife, Serving the lad for eyes and living herself in his life.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Take it, being done; And let me sign it with the name you gave.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ORI, my brother in the island mode, In every tongue and meaning much my friend, This story of your country and your clan, In your loved house, your too much honoured guest, I made in English.
youth
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From this reading I. THE SLAYING OF TÁMATÉA IT fell in the days of old, as the men of Taiárapu tell, A youth went forth to the fishing, and fortune favoured him well.
