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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 There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
ahead
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
air
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From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
bell
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
bells
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
billows
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
bite
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From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
bows
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
bowspritnounUS /ˈboʊsprɪt/
a spar projecting forward from the bow of a ship
From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
brightly
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
cabin
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From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
commencement
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
deck
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
down
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
dull
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
eight
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
enough
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
eyes
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
forenoon
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
fresh
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From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
gaze
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
giant
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
going
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
gone
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
gray
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
green
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
Hansen
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
heard
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From this reading Lightly as he trod, the giant heard him and instantly recognized him.
heat-power
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
high
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lightly as he trod, the giant heard him and instantly recognized him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
instantly
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From this reading Lightly as he trod, the giant heard him and instantly recognized him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
lacked
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
leaned
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
Lightly
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From this reading Lightly as he trod, the giant heard him and instantly recognized him.
Lund
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
northern
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
Rainey
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
ran
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
recognized
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From this reading Lightly as he trod, the giant heard him and instantly recognized him.
relieve
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
SANDY
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
sea
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
seeming
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
shone
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
sky
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
smelling
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
SPEAKS
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
spectacled
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From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
sun
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From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
sweater
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From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
There
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From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The sun shone brightly enough, but it lacked heat-power, and the sea had gone down, though it still ran high in great billows of dull green.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
trod
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From this reading Lightly as he trod, the giant heard him and instantly recognized him.
up
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From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
waiting
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
walked
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
warm
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From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
watch
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From this reading SANDY SPEAKS The next morning Rainey, going on deck to relieve Hansen at eight bells, in the commencement of the forenoon watch, found Lund in the bows as he walked forward, waiting for the bell to be struck.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The giant leaned by the bowsprit, his spectacled eyes seeming to gaze ahead into the gray of the northern sky, and it seemed to Rainey as if he were smelling the wind.
wished
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From this reading There was a bite to the air, and Rainey, fresh from the warm cabin, wished he had brought up his sweater.
