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AFTERprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading AFTER THE STORM.
air
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
alarming
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
all
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
basked
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
birds
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
blue
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
branches
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From this reading Everywhere the ground was strewn with leaves and branches and huge stems of cocoa-palms.
bright
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From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
broke
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From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
calm
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From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
came
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
clear
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
cocoa-palms
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From this reading Everywhere the ground was strewn with leaves and branches and huge stems of cocoa-palms.
cyclones
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
day
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From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
dry
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
Everywhere
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From this reading Everywhere the ground was strewn with leaves and branches and huge stems of cocoa-palms.
evil
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From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
far
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
few
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
forests
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
forever
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From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
forth
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
gold
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
green
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
ground
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From this reading Everywhere the ground was strewn with leaves and branches and huge stems of cocoa-palms.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
happen
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
holes
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
huge
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From this reading Everywhere the ground was strewn with leaves and branches and huge stems of cocoa-palms.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
island
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
leaves
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From this reading Everywhere the ground was strewn with leaves and branches and huge stems of cocoa-palms.
lizards
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
loud
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
memorials
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
night
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From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
now
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From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
overhead
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
past
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From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
raged
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
rainstorms
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
sang
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
sky
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
stems
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From this reading Everywhere the ground was strewn with leaves and branches and huge stems of cocoa-palms.
STORM
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From this reading AFTER THE STORM.
strewn
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From this reading Everywhere the ground was strewn with leaves and branches and huge stems of cocoa-palms.
sunshine
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
tempest
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From this reading Next morning the day broke bright and calm, as if the tempest had been but an evil dream of the night, now past forever.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AFTER THE STORM.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
tropical
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
usually
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From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
wall
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
warm
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From this reading The birds sang loud; the lizards came forth from their holes in the wall, and basked, green and gold, in the warm, dry sunshine.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But though the sky overhead was blue and the air clear, as usually happen after these alarming tropical cyclones and rainstorms, the memorials of the great wind that had raged all night long among the forests of the island were neither few nor far between.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Everywhere the ground was strewn with leaves and branches and huge stems of cocoa-palms.
