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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 Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
abandoned
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
able
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From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
ALL
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We must have food, and I could not yet hunt.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Here at the camp we found some bits of dried meat.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
bits
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From this reading Here at the camp we found some bits of dried meat.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
camp
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
case
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
civilization
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We must have food, and I could not yet hunt.
days
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
discarded
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
dried
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From this reading Here at the camp we found some bits of dried meat.
encampment
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From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
ENDOW
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
few
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
food
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From this reading We must have food, and I could not yet hunt.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here at the camp we found some bits of dried meat.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
GOODS
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
ground
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From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We must have food, and I could not yet hunt.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here at the camp we found some bits of dried meat.
higher
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
hunt
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From this reading We must have food, and I could not yet hunt.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
indeed
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
Indian
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
lately
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From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
meat
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From this reading Here at the camp we found some bits of dried meat.
more
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We must have food, and I could not yet hunt.
occupied
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From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
refuse
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
removed
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
representatives
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
seems
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
some
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From this reading Here at the camp we found some bits of dried meat.
soon
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From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
span
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
stand
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From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
THEEpronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
thus
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
two
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From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
village
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From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As soon as I was able to stand we removed our little encampment to the ground lately occupied by the Indian village.
wealth
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
WORLDLY
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From this reading WITH ALL MY WORLDLY GOODS I THEE ENDOW Poor, indeed, in worldly goods must be those to whom the discarded refuse of an abandoned Indian camp seems wealth.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet such was the case with us, two representatives of the higher civilization, thus removed from that civilization by no more than a few days' span.
