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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
act
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From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
All
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
any
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
bad
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
become
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
Biblical
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
black
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From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
black-water
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
British
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
brutal
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From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
character
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
company
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
Constabulary
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
count
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
cut
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
desired
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
died
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
doesn't
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
drama
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From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
faithfulnounUS /ˈfaithful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
Fear
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From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
fever
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
flee
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
fond
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
Force
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
Gleason
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
Henderson
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
Islands
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From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
killed
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
later
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
Maehoe
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
makes
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
man
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
member
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
met
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
minor
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
Native
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
off
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
old
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
out
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From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
passionately
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
Protectorate
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
Proverbs
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
pursueth
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
quotation
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
really
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
schoonernounUS /ˈskuːnər/
a sailing ship with two or more masts
From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
shelled
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
Solomonproper nounUS /ˈsɒl.ə.mən/
A legendary king renowned for his wisdom and fabulous hidden mines.
From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
some
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
story
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
Sunaku
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
three
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
too
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From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
trading
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
trying
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
very
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
village
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
warship
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From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And old Sunaku--he was killed, later, when a British warship shelled his village for trying to cut off a trading schooner--is a very minor character.
weeks
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From this reading Henderson doesn’t really count, because he died of black-water fever some three weeks after Gleason met him.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
white
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From this reading A brutal white, a faithful black, and Fear act out their part in this drama of the Solomon Islands.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
wicked
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From this reading The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Proverbs 28:1 This is the story of Gleason and Maehoe and of Fear, who makes a bad third in any company.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading All you really have to remember is that Maehoe desired, passionately, to become a member of the Native Constabulary Force of the Solomon Islands Protectorate, and that Henderson was entirely too fond of one Biblical quotation.
