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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 Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
All
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From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
appeared
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
approaching
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From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
awed
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
benumbed
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
brag
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From this reading "Oh, I won't brag about keeping up my courage."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
Cheer
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
clothes
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
cold
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
comes
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
courage
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
everywhere
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From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
famous
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
fears
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
followed
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
gladness
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From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
glimmer
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From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
greeting
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From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
guffaw
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
HOME
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From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
How
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From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
howl
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
JOHN
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From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
Jones
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From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
joy
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From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
keepin
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
keeping
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From this reading "Oh, I won't brag about keeping up my courage."
laughter
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
light
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From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
like
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
many
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
met
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From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
mingled
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
Mr
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From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
neighbor's
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
now
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
obscurity
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, I won't brag about keeping up my courage."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
poets
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From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
prey
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
RESCUED
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From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
saw
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From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
shivering
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
soldier
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
storm
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
surmises
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
tempest
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
That's
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
Then
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From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
up
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
voice
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From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
wet
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From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Before it appeared I had been awed by the tempest, benumbed with cold, shivering in my wet clothes, and a prey to many terrible fears and surmises; but now I cried, "Cheer up; here comes a light."
won't
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From this reading "Oh, I won't brag about keeping up my courage."
written
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From this reading RESCUED AND AT HOME All that the poets from the beginning of time have written about light could not express my joy as I saw that glimmer approaching on the left.
YOUpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then in my gladness I shouted the greeting that met Mr. Jones everywhere, "How are YOU, JOHN?"
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A great guffaw of laughter mingled with the howl of the storm, and my neighbor's voice followed from the obscurity: "That's famous--keepin' up your courage like a soldier."
