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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 AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
AUSTIN
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
backing
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From this reading Something's backing up the ebb," he said.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "The stream should have been setting down by now.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
bilge
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
brightness
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "The stream should have been setting down by now.
came
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
clearer
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
CLUE
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
creek
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
curiously
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
dingy
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
down
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
ebbnounUS /ɛb/
the movement of the tide away from the land
From this reading Something's backing up the ebb," he said.
FINDS
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
fleecy
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
gazed
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
giving
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
gleamed
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
grey
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
growing
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "The stream should have been setting down by now.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
heavy
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
hot
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
hove-up
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
hung
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
Jefferson
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
lapped
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
lay
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
light
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
longer
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
looking
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
low
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
mangroves
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
mastheads
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
mist
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
now
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From this reading "The stream should have been setting down by now.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
out
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
plates
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
room
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
rusty
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
said
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From this reading Something's backing up the ebb," he said.
setting
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From this reading "The stream should have been setting down by now.
shape
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "The stream should have been setting down by now.
skipper's
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
sky
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
smell
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
Something's
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From this reading Something's backing up the ebb," he said.
sour
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
steamer's
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
stream
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From this reading "The stream should have been setting down by now.
taking
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
There
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
touched
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
up
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From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
water
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From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was no brightness in the dingy sky, which hung low above the mastheads, but the water gleamed curiously, and no longer lapped along the steamer's rusty plates.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It lay still beneath her hove-up bilge, giving up a hot, sour smell, and Jefferson, who came out of the skipper's room, touched Austin as he gazed at it.
windless
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From this reading AUSTIN FINDS A CLUE The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning.
