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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 It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The temperature was in the low eighties, the wind gentle, and the water warm.
Bay
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
blue
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From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
bow
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From this reading Rick Brant sat on the bow of the houseboat, with his feet dangling over.
Brant
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From this reading Rick Brant sat on the bow of the houseboat, with his feet dangling over.
Chesapeake
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
Claiborne
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
clouds
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From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
cruising
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
dangling
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From this reading Rick Brant sat on the bow of the houseboat, with his feet dangling over.
day
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From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
dotted
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From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
Eastern
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
eighties
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From this reading The temperature was in the low eighties, the wind gentle, and the water warm.
fair-weather
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From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
feet
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From this reading Rick Brant sat on the bow of the houseboat, with his feet dangling over.
gentle
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From this reading The temperature was in the low eighties, the wind gentle, and the water warm.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Next to him sat Jan Miller.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Rick Brant sat on the bow of the houseboat, with his feet dangling over.
houseboat
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
Hunt
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The temperature was in the low eighties, the wind gentle, and the water warm.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
Jan
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From this reading Next to him sat Jan Miller.
lovely
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From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
low
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From this reading The temperature was in the low eighties, the wind gentle, and the water warm.
main
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
Miller
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From this reading Next to him sat Jan Miller.
moved
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
Next
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From this reading Next to him sat Jan Miller.
occasional
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From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
off
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Rick Brant sat on the bow of the houseboat, with his feet dangling over.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Rick Brant sat on the bow of the houseboat, with his feet dangling over.
Rick
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From this reading Rick Brant sat on the bow of the houseboat, with his feet dangling over.
sat
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From this reading Rick Brant sat on the bow of the houseboat, with his feet dangling over.
sedately
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
sky
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From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
Spindrift
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
temperature
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From this reading The temperature was in the low eighties, the wind gentle, and the water warm.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next to him sat Jan Miller.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
town
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
warm
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From this reading The temperature was in the low eighties, the wind gentle, and the water warm.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
water
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From this reading The temperature was in the low eighties, the wind gentle, and the water warm.
Waters
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
Wide
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From this reading Hunt the Wide Waters The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved sedately across Eastern Bay, off the main Chesapeake Bay, toward the town of Claiborne.
wind
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From this reading The temperature was in the low eighties, the wind gentle, and the water warm.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was a lovely day with a blue sky dotted with occasional fair-weather clouds.
