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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 That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
also
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
army
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From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
battalions
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From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
Beach
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From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
combers
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
crests
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From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
down
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From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
earth
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From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
edge
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
everlasting
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From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
feet
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From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
fifty
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From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
grass
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From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
grow
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
grows
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From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
HalfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
infinite
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From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
kings
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From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
looks
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
majestic
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
mile
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
natural
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From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
one's
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
out
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
placid
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
reef
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
rolling
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
royal
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From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
salty
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
sea
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From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
seaward
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
shade
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
shore
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
sits
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
skyward
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
sport
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From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
surf
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
things
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
thrust
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
thundering
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
trees
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
turquoise-blue
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
very
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From this reading The trees also grow down to the salty edge of things, and one sits in their shade and looks seaward at a majestic surf thundering in on the beach to one’s very feet.
Waikiki
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From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
water
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From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That is what it is, a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
white
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From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
white-headed
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From this reading Half a mile out, where is the reef, the white-headed combers thrust suddenly skyward out of the placid turquoise-blue and come rolling in to shore.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One after another they come, a mile long, with smoking crests, the white battalions of the infinite army of the sea.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading The grass grows right down to the water at Waikiki Beach, and within fifty feet of the everlasting sea.
