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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 POINT OF THEOLOGY.
almost
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was beginning to understand now how to treat this strange people.
brandished
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
brows
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
certain
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From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
clustering
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
coaxing
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From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
cross
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From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
difficulty
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From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
Felix
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From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
heeded
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From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
how
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From this reading He was beginning to understand now how to treat this strange people.
interruptednounUS /ˈinterrupted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
line
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
listened
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
lull
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From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
made
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
managed
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From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
momentary
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From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
natives
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
now
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From this reading He was beginning to understand now how to treat this strange people.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A POINT OF THEOLOGY.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
people
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From this reading He was beginning to understand now how to treat this strange people.
POINTnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading A POINT OF THEOLOGY.
points
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
round
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
scowling
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
secure
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From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
shark's
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
spears
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
speech
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
stone
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
strange
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From this reading He was beginning to understand now how to treat this strange people.
teeth
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
THEOLOGY
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From this reading A POINT OF THEOLOGY.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He was beginning to understand now how to treat this strange people.
threatening
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
tippednounUS /tipped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
touched
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
treat
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From this reading He was beginning to understand now how to treat this strange people.
turtle-bone
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From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was beginning to understand now how to treat this strange people.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was beginning to understand now how to treat this strange people.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
wheedling
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From this reading From time to time, one or another interrupted him, coaxing and wheedling him, as it were, to cross the line; but Felix never heeded them.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The natives, clustering round the line till they almost touched it, listened with scowling brows, and brandished threatening spears, tipped with points of stone or shark's teeth or turtle-bone, while he made his speech to them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At last, with great difficulty, Felix managed to secure a certain momentary lull of silence.
