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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 A WILD BOAR.
air
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
alive
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
band
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
Bank
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
birds
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
BOAR
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From this reading A WILD BOAR.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
castaways
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
charges
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
confidencenounUS /ˈconfidence/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
convalescence
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
England
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
felt
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From this reading We felt very much the want of firearms.
few
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
firearms
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From this reading We felt very much the want of firearms.
food
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From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
game
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
general
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From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
Hislop
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
idle
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From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
implicit
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
inspired
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
intelligence
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
kinds
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
knowledge
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
means
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From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
more
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
much
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From this reading We felt very much the want of firearms.
musketnounUS /ˈmusket/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
new
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
now
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We felt very much the want of firearms.
old
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
powder
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
procuring
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From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
proved
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
rapidly
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
recovered
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
reliance
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
several
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
sinecure
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From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
store
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From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
superior
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
task
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From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We felt very much the want of firearms.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
treasure
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
unarmednounUS /ˈunarmed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
undertook
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From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
useful
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
very
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From this reading We felt very much the want of firearms.
vigor
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From this reading Hislop recovered strength rapidly, and his convalescence inspired our little band of castaways with new confidence and vigor, as they had implicit reliance in his superior knowledge and intelligence.
want
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From this reading We felt very much the want of firearms.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We felt very much the want of firearms.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading We were never idle; for, unarmed as we were, the task of procuring food for our general store was by no means a sinecure to those who undertook it.
WILD
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From this reading A WILD BOAR.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
woods
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From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The air seemed alive with birds--the woods with game of several kinds; and now an old musket with a few charges of powder would have proved more useful to us than the treasure of the Bank of England.
