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acted
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
Africa
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From this reading Africa!
always
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
anticipated
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From this reading We struck the coast at Djidjelli, further East than we had anticipated.
ascribed
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We struck the coast at Djidjelli, further East than we had anticipated.
away
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
Captain
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
coast
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From this reading We struck the coast at Djidjelli, further East than we had anticipated.
coast-line
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
compasses
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
desert
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
divinities
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
Djidjelli
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From this reading We struck the coast at Djidjelli, further East than we had anticipated.
East
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From this reading We struck the coast at Djidjelli, further East than we had anticipated.
Far
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
further
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From this reading We struck the coast at Djidjelli, further East than we had anticipated.
genuses
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From this reading “It’s them genuses,” he said, “they raise hell with yer.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We struck the coast at Djidjelli, further East than we had anticipated.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
hell
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From this reading “It’s them genuses,” he said, “they raise hell with yer.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
influence
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
interior
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
It's
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From this reading “It’s them genuses,” he said, “they raise hell with yer.”
land
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
lay
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
like
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
low-lying
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
mountains
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
mystery
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
navigator
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
occult
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
outraged
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
powers
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
purple
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
queerly
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
raise
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From this reading “It’s them genuses,” he said, “they raise hell with yer.”
Sahara
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
said
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
sighted
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
struck
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From this reading We struck the coast at Djidjelli, further East than we had anticipated.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We struck the coast at Djidjelli, further East than we had anticipated.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “It’s them genuses,” he said, “they raise hell with yer.”
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It’s them genuses,” he said, “they raise hell with yer.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
Triplett
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
vastness
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
wall
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From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
waters
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From this reading Captain Triplett, my navigator, said that compasses always acted queerly in these waters which he ascribed to the influence of occult desert powers, outraged divinities and the like.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We struck the coast at Djidjelli, further East than we had anticipated.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Far away I sighted the purple shadow of the land of mystery, the low-lying coast-line and interior wall of mountains behind which lay the vastness of Sahara.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “It’s them genuses,” he said, “they raise hell with yer.”
yer
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From this reading “It’s them genuses,” he said, “they raise hell with yer.”
