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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 CURIOUS QUEST.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
affect
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From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
allowed
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From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
Apart
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
ashore
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From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
became
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From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
better
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From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
commenced
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From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
convinced
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From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
CURIOUS
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From this reading A CURIOUS QUEST.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
digging
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
disappearing
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
dwell
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From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
fact
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
fast-falling
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
gazed
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
gone
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From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
imagined
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
interest
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
intervening
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
island
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
Juanita
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From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
Lava
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
liked
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From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
man's
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
materially
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From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
more
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From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
night
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From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
now
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
operations
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From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
other
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From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
peculiarly
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
purpose
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
QUEST
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From this reading A CURIOUS QUEST.
rifling
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
shadows
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
solely
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
somehow
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From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
stretch
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
there
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
thickly-timbered
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
uncanny
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
undertaken
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
up
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
Vanua
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
very
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From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
voyage
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From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Apart from the fact that it was being undertaken solely for the purpose of digging up and rifling a dead man's body, there was something peculiarly uncanny to me about this voyage to Vanua Lava.
water
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From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
welfare
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From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
wildly
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From this reading Juanita was wildly excited, and would have liked nothing better than to have gone ashore and commenced operations that very night.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It may therefore be imagined with what interest I gazed across the intervening stretch of water at the thickly-timbered island, now disappearing into the fast-falling shadows.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And the more I allowed my mind to dwell upon it, the more convinced I became that, somehow or other, what we found would materially affect my welfare.
