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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 There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
Aleck
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From this reading Katy was the first one to peep over the gunwale of the boat, though Aleck was already awake.
already
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From this reading Katy was the first one to peep over the gunwale of the boat, though Aleck was already awake.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
awake
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From this reading Katy was the first one to peep over the gunwale of the boat, though Aleck was already awake.
awoke
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
boat
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From this reading Katy was the first one to peep over the gunwale of the boat, though Aleck was already awake.
border
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
burned
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
came
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
Captain's
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
catching
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
clear
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
closed
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
cold
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
darkness
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
drops
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
ears
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
eye
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
eyes
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
few
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
first
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From this reading Katy was the first one to peep over the gunwale of the boat, though Aleck was already awake.
flap
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
furious
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
giving
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
gray
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
gunwale
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From this reading Katy was the first one to peep over the gunwale of the boat, though Aleck was already awake.
half-past
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
how
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
ice
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
ill-stayed
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
Katy
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From this reading Katy was the first one to peep over the gunwale of the boat, though Aleck was already awake.
light
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
more
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
morning
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
now
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
o'clock
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
often
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
oilnounUS /ɔɪl/
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Katy was the first one to peep over the gunwale of the boat, though Aleck was already awake.
ones
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
order
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
peep
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From this reading Katy was the first one to peep over the gunwale of the boat, though Aleck was already awake.
pitchy
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
preciousadjectiveUS /ˈpreʃəs/
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
quite
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
ready
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
roguish
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
rough-edged
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
seven
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
shield
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
SNOWED
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From this reading SNOWED UNDER.
snowy
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
sung
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
tent
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
Then
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
There
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
throw
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
Tug
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
twinkle
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From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
UNDERprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading SNOWED UNDER.
warmth
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
weariness
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
well
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From this reading But weariness and warmth--for often snowy nights are not so cold as clear ones--closed ears as well as eyes, and when they awoke it was gray light in the tent, and half-past seven o'clock in the morning.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There was a roguish twinkle in the Captain's eye, as though oil was not so precious but that they might have burned a few more drops of it; but an order was an order, and everybody was quite ready for darkness when it came, except Tug.
whizzed
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
wind
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From this reading Then, how pitchy it was, and how the wind sung and whizzed over their rough-edged shield of ice, now and then catching the border of the ill-stayed tent and giving it a furious flap, as though about to throw it over!
