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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 Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
AgainstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
arm
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
bare
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
basket
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
black
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From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
boy
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
bright
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
brown
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
compact
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
cross-beams
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
dark
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
dim
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
dropping
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
eastern
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
feet
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
fisher
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
floated
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
foothold
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
forlorn-looking
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
Giles
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
gleamed
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
green
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
hard
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
haze
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
heaved
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From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
hills
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
horizon
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
hot
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
hushed
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
inwards
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From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
island
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
jetty
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
Keeping
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
leant
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
lee
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
Legard
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
line
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
mussels
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
now
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
past
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
piles
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From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
plucked
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
port
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
precarious
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
rail
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
red-capped
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
ripples
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From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
rose
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
sandy
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
sea
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From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
seaboard
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
seaweed
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
sides
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
slime
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
slippery
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
slung
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From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
small
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
smooth
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From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
Spanish
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
stretched
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
Sunday
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
sunshine
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
then
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
tiers
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
town
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
up
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
upheld
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From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
visible
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Against the black piles which upheld it the sea heaved inwards in smooth ripples.
white
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From this reading The sea, hushed and bright, stretched past the jetty to the town, which rose in compact white tiers under the lee of a sandy waste of hills; on the hard line of the eastern horizon the dim haze of an island was visible.
wisps
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From this reading Every now and then wisps of dark seaweed floated by, and up the sides of the piles the green slime gleamed in the hot sunshine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Keeping a precarious foothold on the slippery cross-beams with his bare, brown feet, a red-capped fisher boy plucked mussels, dropping them into a basket slung on his arm.
wooden
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From this reading Upon the same Sunday afternoon, in a small port on the eastern Spanish seaboard, Giles Legard leant over the rail of a long, forlorn-looking, wooden jetty.
