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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 SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
arranged
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From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
astern
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
boiled
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
cabins
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From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
caps
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chairs
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comfortably
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coming
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deck
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decks
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From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
discomfited
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
dunes
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
enormous
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From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
fleetly
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From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
flying
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
funnels
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From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
gentle
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
grappled
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
green
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
half-submerged
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
headlong
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From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
houses
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
hurriedly
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
immediately
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From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
insinuating
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
intervals
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From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
level
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From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
light
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
masses
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From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
MeanwhilenounUS /ˈmeanwhile/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
men
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motion
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
northeast
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From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
out
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
paraded
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From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
Passengers
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From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
past
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From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
portholes
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From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
racing
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From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
reception
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From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
remote
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
rhythmical
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From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
roll
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
rugs
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rushed
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From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
saw
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From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
sentry
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
sides
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
slender
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
smoke
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From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
spray
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From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
staterooms
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From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
steamer
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
stewards
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From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
streamed
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From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
SWEEPING
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Passengers in their staterooms saw at rhythmical intervals the spray racing fleetly past the portholes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
tops
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From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
torn
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From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
turmoil
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
two
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From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
ulsters
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various
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From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
waves
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
white
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From this reading The waves grappled hurriedly at the sides of the great flying steamer and boiled discomfited astern in a turmoil of green and white.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the tops of the enormous funnels streamed level masses of smoke which were immediately torn to nothing by the headlong wind.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading SWEEPING out from between two remote, half-submerged dunes on which stood slender sentry light. houses, the steamer began to roll with a gentle insinuating motion.
women
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From this reading Meanwhile as the steamer rushed into the northeast, men in caps and ulsters comfortably paraded the decks and stewards arranged deck chairs for the reception of various women who were coming from their cabins with rugs.
