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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 cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
all
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
bathing-dress
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
became
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From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
boys
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
cool
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From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
dived
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From this reading The three boys dived from their raft, and turned their jolly faces shorewards.
endeavouring
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
escape
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
faces
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From this reading The three boys dived from their raft, and turned their jolly faces shorewards.
fisherman
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
floundered
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From this reading The tall man floundered in, and the two forgot and rollicked in the waves.
forgot
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From this reading The tall man floundered in, and the two forgot and rollicked in the waves.
freckled
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
ground
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From this reading The two men swam softly over the ground swells.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
hat
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
jolly
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From this reading The three boys dived from their raft, and turned their jolly faces shorewards.
large
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
laughing
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
lost
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From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
made
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
man
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From this reading The tall man floundered in, and the two forgot and rollicked in the waves.
mankind
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
men
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From this reading The two men swam softly over the ground swells.
ocean
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From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
old
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The two men swam softly over the ground swells.
raft
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
rollicked
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From this reading The tall man floundered in, and the two forgot and rollicked in the waves.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
shorewards
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From this reading The three boys dived from their raft, and turned their jolly faces shorewards.
softly
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From this reading The two men swam softly over the ground swells.
solitary
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
spars
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
splashing
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
swam
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From this reading The two men swam softly over the ground swells.
swells
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From this reading The two men swam softly over the ground swells.
swirling
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From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
tall
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From this reading The tall man floundered in, and the two forgot and rollicked in the waves.
temper
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From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The three boys dived from their raft, and turned their jolly faces shorewards.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
three
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From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
turned
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From this reading The three boys dived from their raft, and turned their jolly faces shorewards.
two
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From this reading The tall man floundered in, and the two forgot and rollicked in the waves.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The freckled man, in endeavouring to escape from mankind, had left all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in bathing-dress, laughing and splashing upon a raft made of old spars.
waters
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From this reading The cool, swirling waters took his temper from him, and it became a thing that is lost in the ocean.
waves
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From this reading The tall man floundered in, and the two forgot and rollicked in the waves.
