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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 Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
also
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
arrival
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
aside
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
Babbalanja
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From this reading Said Babbalanja, “It looks not as if the lost one were here.”
beached
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From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
called
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From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
canoes
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
close
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
Coming
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
commanded
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
conch
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
cove
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From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
crowds
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
descend
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
example
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
followed
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
forlorn
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
hail
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Said Babbalanja, “It looks not as if the lost one were here.”
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
hitherto
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
homage
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Said Babbalanja, “It looks not as if the lost one were here.”
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
island
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Said Babbalanja, “It looks not as if the lost one were here.”
joyous
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
king
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
landed
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From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
lay
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
looks
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From this reading Said Babbalanja, “It looks not as if the lost one were here.”
lost
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From this reading Said Babbalanja, “It looks not as if the lost one were here.”
Maramma
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
Media
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
Mohi
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From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
mouth
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
nigh
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From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Said Babbalanja, “It looks not as if the lost one were here.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Said Babbalanja, “It looks not as if the lost one were here.”
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
paddlers
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
pennons
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
place
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
ready
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
removed
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
rendered
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
reverence
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
Said
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From this reading Said Babbalanja, “It looks not as if the lost one were here.”
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
shark's
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
shores
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
silent
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
stripped
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
times
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
token
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
trappings
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
Uma
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From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
valley
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From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
Vee-Vee
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From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
visited
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From this reading At every place, hitherto visited, joyous crowds stood ready to hail our arrival; but the shores of Maramma were silent, and forlorn.
waist
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From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At length we landed in a little cove nigh a valley, which Mohi called Uma; and here in silence we beached our canoes.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Coming close to the island, the pennons and trappings of our canoes were removed; and Vee-Vee was commanded to descend from the shark’s mouth; and for a time to lay aside his conch.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In token of reverence, our paddlers also stripped to the waist; an example which even Media followed; though, as a king, the same homage he rendered, was at times rendered himself.
