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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 DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
aimlessly
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
almost
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From this reading One almost hears the water cunningly lap upon their invisible sides.
Aloha
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
anchor
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
away
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
broke
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
cargoes
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
Cawthorne
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
ceremony
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
clasped
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
compounds
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
crafts
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
crowded
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
cunningly
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From this reading One almost hears the water cunningly lap upon their invisible sides.
dark
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
deck
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
dip
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
DUSK
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
fancies
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
hammock
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
head
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
hears
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From this reading One almost hears the water cunningly lap upon their invisible sides.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
idle
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
invisible
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From this reading One almost hears the water cunningly lap upon their invisible sides.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
keep
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
lap
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From this reading One almost hears the water cunningly lap upon their invisible sides.
lie
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
like
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
lips
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
luxuriously
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
lying
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
merged
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
mid-air
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
moon
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
motion
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One almost hears the water cunningly lap upon their invisible sides.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
performed
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
phantomnounUS /ˈfæn.təm/
A ghost or apparition; a figment of the imagination or a hidden dweller.
From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
pleasantly
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
priestess
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
remembered
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
reverence
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
rising
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
sails
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
seas
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
Shadows
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
sides
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From this reading One almost hears the water cunningly lap upon their invisible sides.
silver
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
slipped
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
snatchesplural nounUS /snætʃɪz/
short, incomplete pieces of speech or writing
From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
SOconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
songs
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From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
strange
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
tapping
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading One almost hears the water cunningly lap upon their invisible sides.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Little Cawthorne, lying luxuriously in a hammock on the deck of _The Aloha_, fancies like these crowded pleasantly, and slipped away or were merged in snatches of remembered songs.
tropic
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
tune
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From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
unexplained
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
unseen
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading One almost hears the water cunningly lap upon their invisible sides.
vessels
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From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
water
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From this reading One almost hears the water cunningly lap upon their invisible sides.
weigh
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From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Shadows like phantom sails dip through the dark and lie idle where unseen crafts with unexplained cargoes weigh anchor in mid-air.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading His hands were clasped behind his head, one foot was tapping the deck to keep the hammock in motion while strange compounds of tune and time broke aimlessly from his lips.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading DUSK, AND SO ON Dusk on the tropic seas is a ceremony performed with reverence, as if the rising moon were a priestess come among her silver vessels.
