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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 GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
Ali
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From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The steamer passed Stromboli on a wild night of storm and moonlight.
angrily
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
boat
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From this reading To Shere Ali the boat had flown with wings of swiftness, to Linforth she was a laggard.
Bombay
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From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
clouds
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
cone
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
flown
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From this reading To Shere Ali the boat had flown with wings of swiftness, to Linforth she was a laggard.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
GIFT
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From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
glowed
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
harbour
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From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
impatient
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From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
laggard
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From this reading To Shere Ali the boat had flown with wings of swiftness, to Linforth she was a laggard.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
Linforth
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From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
Marseilles
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From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
MISUNDERSTOOD
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From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
month
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From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
moonlight
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From this reading The steamer passed Stromboli on a wild night of storm and moonlight.
night
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From this reading The steamer passed Stromboli on a wild night of storm and moonlight.
now
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
obscured
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The steamer passed Stromboli on a wild night of storm and moonlight.
out
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From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
overhead
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The steamer passed Stromboli on a wild night of storm and moonlight.
reach
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From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
reluctant
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From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
rising
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
scurrying
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
sea
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To Shere Ali the boat had flown with wings of swiftness, to Linforth she was a laggard.
sheer
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
Shere
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From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
steamed
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From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
steamer
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From this reading The steamer passed Stromboli on a wild night of storm and moonlight.
storm
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From this reading The steamer passed Stromboli on a wild night of storm and moonlight.
Stromboli
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From this reading The steamer passed Stromboli on a wild night of storm and moonlight.
swiftness
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From this reading To Shere Ali the boat had flown with wings of swiftness, to Linforth she was a laggard.
tempestuous
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A GIFT MISUNDERSTOOD The month was over before Linforth at last steamed out of the harbour at Marseilles.
wild
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From this reading The steamer passed Stromboli on a wild night of storm and moonlight.
wings
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From this reading To Shere Ali the boat had flown with wings of swiftness, to Linforth she was a laggard.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To Shere Ali the boat had flown with wings of swiftness, to Linforth she was a laggard.
wrack
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From this reading The wrack of clouds scurrying overhead, now obscured, now let the moonlight through, and the great cone rising sheer from a tempestuous sea glowed angrily.
year
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From this reading He was as impatient to reach Bombay as a year before Shere Ali had been reluctant.
