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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 He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.
ABOUTprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!
adventures
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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
Antonia
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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
Barcelona
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
BEAUTIFUL
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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
came
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
Chevalier
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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
Columbus
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
days
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From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
description
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From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
enthralling
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From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
Europeans
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From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
Fe
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
field
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
generation
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
go
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From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
golden
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From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
HAPPY
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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.
heard
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From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
heart
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From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
imagination
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From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
ITALIAN
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Knight
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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
known
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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
Magellan
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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
Pigafetta
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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
remembered
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
return
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
Rhodes
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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
Sante
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
scenes
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
SEE
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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!
seen
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From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
SEVILLE
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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
Spain
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
splendid
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
susceptible
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From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!
wandering
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.
welcomed
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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
WHOpronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
win
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From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.
WISHED
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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!
WORLD
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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!
young
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From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.
