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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 A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
abroad
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
all
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
anxiety
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From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
anxious
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From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
aspect
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From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
Baron
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From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It only brought a respite, however, for the impression was fixed that the place was haunted.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
clungnounUS /clung/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
consciences
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
dawn
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From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
dusky
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From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
every-day-like
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
face
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From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
familiar
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
fears
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
felt
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
fixed
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From this reading It only brought a respite, however, for the impression was fixed that the place was haunted.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It only brought a respite, however, for the impression was fixed that the place was haunted.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
gloom
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From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
go
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From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
haunted
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From this reading It only brought a respite, however, for the impression was fixed that the place was haunted.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading It only brought a respite, however, for the impression was fixed that the place was haunted.
impression
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From this reading It only brought a respite, however, for the impression was fixed that the place was haunted.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
incapacitated
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From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It only brought a respite, however, for the impression was fixed that the place was haunted.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
more
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From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
night
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From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
obeyed
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From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
only
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From this reading It only brought a respite, however, for the impression was fixed that the place was haunted.
orders
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From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
overseer
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From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
place
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From this reading It only brought a respite, however, for the impression was fixed that the place was haunted.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
propitiation
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
quarters
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From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
rather
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From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
readilynounUS /readily/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
respite
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From this reading It only brought a respite, however, for the impression was fixed that the place was haunted.
settled
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From this reading There was a settled aspect of gloom and anxiety on every dusky face in the morning.
sleep
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From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
sort
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
spurred
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
tasks
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
There
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From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
troubled
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From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
VISITATION
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From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
welcome
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From this reading A VISITATION There was no more sleep at the quarters that night, and never was the dawn more welcome.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading They clung to all that was familiar and every-day-like, while their fears and troubled consciences spurred them to tasks which they felt might be a sort of propitiation to the mysterious powers abroad.
work
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From this reading Mr. Baron found his overseer incapacitated for duty, but the hands were rather anxious to go to work and readily obeyed his orders to do so.
