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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 "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was plenty of ice all about.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
air
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From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.
all
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From this reading There was plenty of ice all about.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Awful
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.
bright
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From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
can't
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From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.
comfortable
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From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
Currents
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From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.
decidedly
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From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
drove
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From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
Eggs
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
escape
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.
felt
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From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
Fight
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Fractious
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Fresh
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Fried
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
getting
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Gloomy
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Goose
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading We stood and warmed our hands.
high
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From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
ice
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From this reading There was plenty of ice all about.
Ice-Water
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
icebergs
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From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
lair
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From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.
Manufacture
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Night
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
north-west
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From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We stood and warmed our hands.
Patient
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Peevish
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Plans
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Plates
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
plenty
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From this reading There was plenty of ice all about.
rocks
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From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
Salt
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Sea-Water
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Sick
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
smartly
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From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
Spider
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stood and warmed our hands.
sun
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From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
There
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From this reading There was plenty of ice all about.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
very
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From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.
Wade
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Walrus
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
warm
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From this reading Currents of air fresh from the lair of icebergs can't be very warm ever.
warmed
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From this reading We stood and warmed our hands.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We stood and warmed our hands.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
Wood-Pile
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From this reading The "Spider."--Fried Eggs.--The "Plates."--"Awful Fresh!"--No Salt.--Plans for getting Salt from Sea-Water.--Ice-Water.--Fried Goose.--Plans to escape.--A Gloomy Night.--Fight with a Walrus.--Another "_Wood-Pile._"--Wade Sick.--A Peevish Patient and a Fractious Doctor.--The Manufacture of Salt.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It felt comfortable,--decidedly so; for though the sun was high and bright, yet the north-west wind drove smartly across the rocks above us.
