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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 The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
ALREADYnounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
assailed
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From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
bear
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From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
beast
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
beasts
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From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
BECOMES
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From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
bewilderednounUS /bewildered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
calculated
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
COMPLICATED
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From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
COMPROMISED
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From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
confessed
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
consider
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From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
environs
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From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
fallen
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
formidableadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrmɪdəbəl/
very difficult to deal with or overcome
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
friends
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
Godfrey
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From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
GRAVELY
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From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
herd
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From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
hide
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From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
ill-fortune
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
Island
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
looking
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From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
MORE
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From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
perhaps
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From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
Phina
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
presence
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
professor
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From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
round
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From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
screamed
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From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
SITUATION
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From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
Tartlet
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From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
Tree
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From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
Why
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From this reading "Why, a bear?
wild
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "A bear!" screamed the professor, looking round him with a bewildered glare as if the environs of Will Tree were being assailed by a herd of wild beasts.
worst
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From this reading The presence of a formidable wild beast in Phina Island was, it must be confessed, calculated to make our friends think the worst of the ill-fortune which had fallen on them.
wrong
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From this reading Godfrey--perhaps he was wrong--did not consider that he ought to hide from Tartlet what had passed.
