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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 “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
all
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
appearing
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From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
beheld
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From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
blazing
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
bulwarks
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
chairs
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From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
clusters
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
dark
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
darkness
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
deck
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
deeper
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
Diana
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
Diana's
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From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
eyes
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From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
Falk
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From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
few
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
footsteps
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
gathered
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
glitter
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From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
groups
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
hastening
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
heard
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
high
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
inextinguishable
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
isolated
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
kind
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
lines
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
lofty
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From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
made
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
masses
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
mastheads
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From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
MeantimenounUS /ˈmiːntaɪm/
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
midst
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
multitude
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
murmured
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From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
nature
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
ones
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
patches
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
quickly
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From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
raising
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From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
rose
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From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
rows
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
shone
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
sky
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From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
soon
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From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
stars
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
striding
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From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
superior
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Meantime, raising my eyes, I beheld the glitter of a lofty sky above the Diana’s mastheads.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
together
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
unanimously
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From this reading The multitude of stars gathered into clusters, in rows, in lines, in masses, in groups, shone all together, unanimously--and the few isolated ones, blazing by themselves in the midst of dark patches, seemed to be of a superior kind and of an inextinguishable nature.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
waited
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From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But long striding footsteps were heard hastening along the deck; the high bulwarks of the Diana made a deeper darkness.
white
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From this reading We rose from our chairs quickly, and Falk, appearing before us, all in white, stood still.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
word
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From this reading “He will soon be here,” I murmured, and after that we waited for him without a word.
