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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 WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA A path of moonlight lay across the sea.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading THE WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA A path of moonlight lay across the sea.
all
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From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
almost
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
AUSTRALIA
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From this reading THE WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA A path of moonlight lay across the sea.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
came
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
clustered
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
darkness
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
deck
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
decks
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
drifted
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
dull
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
engines
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
everywhere
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
excitement
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From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
expectation
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From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
extinguished
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From this reading It was late; so late that most of the ship's lights were extinguished.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
feet
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
flashed
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
Greeting
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
grey
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
instead
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
kind
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From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
late
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From this reading It was late; so late that most of the ship's lights were extinguished.
lay
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From this reading THE WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA A path of moonlight lay across the sea.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
light
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
lights
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From this reading It was late; so late that most of the ship's lights were extinguished.
like
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
long-pent
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From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
looking
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
low
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
many
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
moonlight
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From this reading THE WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA A path of moonlight lay across the sea.
most
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From this reading It was late; so late that most of the ship's lights were extinguished.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA A path of moonlight lay across the sea.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
only
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
out
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
paced
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
path
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From this reading THE WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA A path of moonlight lay across the sea.
port
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
pounded
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
pulsating
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From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
railings
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
screw
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
sea
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From this reading THE WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA A path of moonlight lay across the sea.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
ship's
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From this reading It was late; so late that most of the ship's lights were extinguished.
slow
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
soldiers
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
swift
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
tense
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From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA A path of moonlight lay across the sea.
There
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
thickly
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
throb
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
thud-thud
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
tossing
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
twinkled
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
unrest
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From this reading But all through her was a feeling of pulsating life, of unrest, of a kind of tense excitement, of long-pent expectation.
up
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
voice
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
voices
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was late; so late that most of the ship's lights were extinguished.
weeks
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From this reading Into it drifted a great ship, her engines almost stopped, so that only a dull, slow throb came up from below, instead of the swift thud-thud of the screw that had pounded for many weeks.
WELCOME
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From this reading THE WELCOME OF AUSTRALIA A path of moonlight lay across the sea.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was late; so late that most of the ship's lights were extinguished.
winking
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From this reading There were low voices everywhere; feet paced the decks; along the port railings on each deck soldiers were clustered thickly, looking out across the grey, tossing sea to a winking light that flashed and twinkled out of the darkness like a voice that cried “Greeting!”
