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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 THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
battlefield
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
brewing
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From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
brown
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From this reading The yellow men in their lives had slain a certain number of the brown.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
certain
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From this reading The yellow men in their lives had slain a certain number of the brown.
convince
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
craving
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
deaths
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From this reading In their deaths they slew still more.
deep-rooted
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
error
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
exceedingly
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
failed
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
far
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
final
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
flesh
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
food
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
GOD
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From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
Ha'o
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The yellow men in their lives had slain a certain number of the brown.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
hoped
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
human
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The yellow men in their lives had slain a certain number of the brown.
introduction
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
kind
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From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
lives
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From this reading The yellow men in their lives had slain a certain number of the brown.
men
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From this reading The yellow men in their lives had slain a certain number of the brown.
more
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From this reading In their deaths they slew still more.
native
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
new
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
number
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From this reading The yellow men in their lives had slain a certain number of the brown.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
people
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
rites
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
SCOURGE
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From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
shocked
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
slain
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From this reading The yellow men in their lives had slain a certain number of the brown.
slew
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From this reading In their deaths they slew still more.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In their deaths they slew still more.
supplies
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The yellow men in their lives had slain a certain number of the brown.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
there
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From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In their deaths they slew still more.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
trouble
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From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
unexpected
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From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
unnatural
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SCOURGE OF GOD But there was trouble of a quite unexpected kind brewing.
ways
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
whites
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From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
words
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From this reading The final rites of the battlefield shocked them exceedingly, and words had so far failed to convince Ha'o and his people of the error of their ways.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The whites had hoped that, with the introduction of new food supplies, the unnatural but deep-rooted native craving for human flesh would have disappeared.
yellow
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From this reading The yellow men in their lives had slain a certain number of the brown.
