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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 They are in the form of a hive, and are wonderfully picturesque and comfortable.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
all
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From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They are in the form of a hive, and are wonderfully picturesque and comfortable.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
Australian
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
bark
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
bound
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
built
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
calls
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
camped
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From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
castaway
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From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
comfortable
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From this reading They are in the form of a hive, and are wonderfully picturesque and comfortable.
creepers
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
dozen
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From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
dwellers
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From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
form
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From this reading They are in the form of a hive, and are wonderfully picturesque and comfortable.
grand
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
gunyahs
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
hive
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From this reading They are in the form of a hive, and are wonderfully picturesque and comfortable.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
lingering
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From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
made
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From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
matter
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From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
near
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From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
picturesque
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From this reading They are in the form of a hive, and are wonderfully picturesque and comfortable.
plenty
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From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
pretext
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From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
rainy
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From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
rescue
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From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
Rough-and-Ready
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
round
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
said
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From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
savages
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From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
season
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From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
spot
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From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
surprise
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From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
tea-tree
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
tents
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
then
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From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are in the form of a hive, and are wonderfully picturesque and comfortable.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
times
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From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
two
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
undisturbed
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From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
Up
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From this reading Up to this time, the castaway dwellers in these gunyahs have been undisturbed by savages, and this has been a matter of surprise to all but Rough-and-Ready.
vine
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
Wait
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From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Wait till after the rainy season," he has said a dozen times; "we shall have plenty of them then."
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Rough-and-Ready has made this "rainy season" a pretext for lingering near the spot where they first camped after their rescue.
wonderfully
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From this reading They are in the form of a hive, and are wonderfully picturesque and comfortable.
woods
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From this reading Here in the grand Australian woods are two tents--gunyahs, Rough-and-Ready calls them--built of tea-tree bark, bound round by vine creepers.
