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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 shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
agitated
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From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
anchor
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From this reading As the snort of the engine and the rattle of the chain ceased, the crew mustered forward and began to stow the anchor.
anchor-chain
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From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
Arabian
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From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the snort of the engine and the rattle of the chain ceased, the crew mustered forward and began to stow the anchor.
bells
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From this reading Then the melodious jingling of bells down below told the engineer to “stand by.”
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Then the melodious jingling of bells down below told the engineer to “stand by.”
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
ceased
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From this reading As the snort of the engine and the rattle of the chain ceased, the crew mustered forward and began to stow the anchor.
chain
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From this reading As the snort of the engine and the rattle of the chain ceased, the crew mustered forward and began to stow the anchor.
cleft
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From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
coming
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From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
cuts
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From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
down
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From this reading Then the melodious jingling of bells down below told the engineer to “stand by.”
enchantmentnounUS /ɪnˈtʃæntmənt/
a magic spell or the state caused by one
From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
engine
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From this reading As the snort of the engine and the rattle of the chain ceased, the crew mustered forward and began to stow the anchor.
engineer
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From this reading Then the melodious jingling of bells down below told the engineer to “stand by.”
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the snort of the engine and the rattle of the chain ceased, the crew mustered forward and began to stow the anchor.
hung
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From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
immediately
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From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
inactivity
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From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
jingling
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From this reading Then the melodious jingling of bells down below told the engineer to “stand by.”
legend
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From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
like
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From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
melodious
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From this reading Then the melodious jingling of bells down below told the engineer to “stand by.”
mustered
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From this reading As the snort of the engine and the rattle of the chain ceased, the crew mustered forward and began to stow the anchor.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
officers
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From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
pony-engine
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From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
rattle
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From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
scimitar
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From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
shouting
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From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
snort
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From this reading As the snort of the engine and the rattle of the chain ceased, the crew mustered forward and began to stow the anchor.
snorting
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From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
spell
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From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
stand
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From this reading Then the melodious jingling of bells down below told the engineer to “stand by.”
stow
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From this reading As the snort of the engine and the rattle of the chain ceased, the crew mustered forward and began to stow the anchor.
sweep
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From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
syllables
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From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
talismanic
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From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
Then
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From this reading Then the melodious jingling of bells down below told the engineer to “stand by.”
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
three
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From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then the melodious jingling of bells down below told the engineer to “stand by.”
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the melodious jingling of bells down below told the engineer to “stand by.”
up
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From this reading The silence was immediately broken by the agitated snorting of a pony-engine, and the rattle of the anchor-chain coming up.
utterance
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From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
web
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From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It cleft the spell of inactivity which hung over officers and crew as the sweep of a scimitar cuts through the web of enchantment.
word
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From this reading The shouting of those three syllables was like the utterance of a talismanic word in an Arabian legend.
