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1620
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From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading One brother, named John, came in the _Mayflower_ and became a Pilgrim Father.
American
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From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One brother, named John, came in the _Mayflower_ and became a Pilgrim Father.
back
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From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
became
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From this reading One brother, named John, came in the _Mayflower_ and became a Pilgrim Father.
Blandford
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
blunderbuss
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
brigantine
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
brother
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From this reading One brother, named John, came in the _Mayflower_ and became a Pilgrim Father.
business
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
came
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From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
Carteret
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From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
Carterets
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From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
coast
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
covers
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
crossed
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
deep
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
digging
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From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
distinguished
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
F
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
farther
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From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
Father
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From this reading One brother, named John, came in the _Mayflower_ and became a Pilgrim Father.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
history
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From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
hunting
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
John
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From this reading One brother, named John, came in the _Mayflower_ and became a Pilgrim Father.
juleps
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
landed
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
magazines
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
marksmanship
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
Mayflower
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From this reading One brother, named John, came in the _Mayflower_ and became a Pilgrim Father.
means
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From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
named
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From this reading One brother, named John, came in the _Mayflower_ and became a Pilgrim Father.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One brother, named John, came in the _Mayflower_ and became a Pilgrim Father.
original
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From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
other
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
own
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
picture
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
piety
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
Pilgrim
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From this reading One brother, named John, came in the _Mayflower_ and became a Pilgrim Father.
plantations
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
pond
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
pride
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
seen
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
shrewdness
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
slave-cultivated
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
snow
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
Thanksgiving
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
transportation
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From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
turkeys
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
two
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From this reading The two original American Carterets came over in that year, but by different means of transportation.
up
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From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
V
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
vast
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
Virginia
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From this reading Blandford Carteret, the other brother, crossed the pond in his own brigantine, landed on the Virginia coast, and became an F.F.V. John became distinguished for piety and shrewdness in business; Blandford for his pride, juleps; marksmanship, and vast slave-cultivated plantations.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
year
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From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading In digging up the Carteret history I shall not take you farther back than the year 1620.
You've
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From this reading You've seen his picture on the covers of the Thanksgiving magazines, hunting turkeys in the deep snow with a blunderbuss.
