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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 SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
acquainted
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
addressed
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From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
adventure
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
become
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I believe you mentioned the circumstance that you were stationed for a time in the Samoan islands.
brown-bearded
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
Canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can you tell us a tale of Samoa?"
Cassowary
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
circumstance
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coaches
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
Colonel
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From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
eye
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
face
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
facts
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I believe you mentioned the circumstance that you were stationed for a time in the Samoan islands.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I believe you mentioned the circumstance that you were stationed for a time in the Samoan islands.
IDYL
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I believe you mentioned the circumstance that you were stationed for a time in the Samoan islands.
islands
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From this reading I believe you mentioned the circumstance that you were stationed for a time in the Samoan islands.
learned
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From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
Lieutenant
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
listened
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
many
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
mentioned
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merry
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
middle-aged
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
naval
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From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
navy
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necessarily
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
novel
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
now
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From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
occasionally
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
officer
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From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
other
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
parts
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
passengers
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
pretty
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
progressed
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
romance
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
rough
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
Samoa
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From this reading Can you tell us a tale of Samoa?"
SAMOAN
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
soon
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From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
stationed
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From this reading I believe you mentioned the circumstance that you were stationed for a time in the Samoan islands.
symposium
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
tale
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From this reading Can you tell us a tale of Samoa?"
tanned
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Can you tell us a tale of Samoa?"
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I believe you mentioned the circumstance that you were stationed for a time in the Samoan islands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That he was of the navy the Colonel had soon learned, and to the naval officer he now addressed himself:
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Can you tell us a tale of Samoa?"
visited
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From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I believe you mentioned the circumstance that you were stationed for a time in the Samoan islands.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A SAMOAN IDYL Among the passengers from one of the other coaches who had occasionally visited the Cassowary and listened as the novel symposium progressed was a brown-bearded, middle-aged gentleman with a tanned face and merry eye.
world
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From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Lieutenant, you, necessarily, have visited many parts of the world and must have become acquainted with the facts of many a pretty romance or rough adventure.
