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29th
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From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
accomplish
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
accordingly
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
all
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From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
aware
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
BesideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
boat
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
brave
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
came
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From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
caught
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
consequences
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From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
cry
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
desperateness
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From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
escape
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
fear
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From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
frantic
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
fully
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From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
gone
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From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
hazard
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
horror
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From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
indeed
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From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
lost
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From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
made
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
nature
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
NIGHT
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From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
Notwithstanding
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From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
OCTOBER
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From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
paralyzed
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From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
peril
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
Picrate
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
productive
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From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
raging
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
realized
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From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
resolved
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
Ruby
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From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
rush
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
sailors
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
scene
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From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
see
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
serious
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From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
situation
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From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
terror
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
there
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From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
thus
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
tremendous
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
true
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From this reading The sailors caught his cry of “Picrate, picrate!” and being thus for the first time made aware of the true nature of their peril, they resolved at every hazard to accomplish their escape.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OCTOBER 29th:--NIGHT.--The scene, as night came on, was terrible indeed.
waves
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Notwithstanding the desperateness of our situation, however, there was not one of us so paralyzed by fear, but that we fully realized the horror of it all.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
words
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From this reading Poor Ruby, indeed, is lost and gone, but his last words were productive of serious consequences.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
yawl
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From this reading Beside themselves with terror, they either did not or would not, see that no boat could brave the tremendous waves that were raging around, and accordingly they made a frantic rush towards the yawl.
