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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 LAND FLOWING WITH COCOANUT-MILK AND HONEY."
almost
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From this reading The sun blazed almost perpendicularly down on them at mid-day.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "A LAND FLOWING WITH COCOANUT-MILK AND HONEY."
anxiety
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sun blazed almost perpendicularly down on them at mid-day.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
black
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From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
blazed
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From this reading The sun blazed almost perpendicularly down on them at mid-day.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
burned
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From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
Cassia-bud
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From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
COCOANUT-MILK
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From this reading "A LAND FLOWING WITH COCOANUT-MILK AND HONEY."
conceive
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
day
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
difficult
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
down
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From this reading The sun blazed almost perpendicularly down on them at mid-day.
endured
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
fatigue
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
fierce
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From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
FLOWING
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From this reading "A LAND FLOWING WITH COCOANUT-MILK AND HONEY."
food
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From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
Frank
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From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
Fred
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From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
greater
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
heat
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From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
heroes
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
HONEY
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From this reading "A LAND FLOWING WITH COCOANUT-MILK AND HONEY."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
island
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
lads
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From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
LAND
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From this reading "A LAND FLOWING WITH COCOANUT-MILK AND HONEY."
mid-day
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From this reading The sun blazed almost perpendicularly down on them at mid-day.
more
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
now
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From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The sun blazed almost perpendicularly down on them at mid-day.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
partake
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From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
perilous
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
perpendicularly
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From this reading The sun blazed almost perpendicularly down on them at mid-day.
Quambo
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From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
red
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From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
soon
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From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
sun
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From this reading The sun blazed almost perpendicularly down on them at mid-day.
sun's
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From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
taken
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From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The sun blazed almost perpendicularly down on them at mid-day.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Both Fred and Frank had been red before, but now it seemed as though they would soon be burned as black as Quambo or Cassia-bud himself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
unknown
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
voyage
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From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So fierce was the sun's heat that neither of the lads could partake of the food they had taken with them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "A LAND FLOWING WITH COCOANUT-MILK AND HONEY."
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A day of more anxiety or of greater fatigue it would have been difficult to conceive, than that which our heroes endured, in their perilous voyage towards the unknown island.
