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1
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From this reading Tuesday, the 17th of April, the ice-master caught the first sight of the _blink_[1] of the ice.
17th
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From this reading Tuesday, the 17th of April, the ice-master caught the first sight of the _blink_[1] of the ice.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
air
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
all
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
approach
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
April
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From this reading Tuesday, the 17th of April, the ice-master caught the first sight of the _blink_[1] of the ice.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was visible at least twenty miles off to the north-northwest.
barren
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
birds
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
blink
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From this reading Tuesday, the 17th of April, the ice-master caught the first sight of the _blink_[1] of the ice.
brilliantly
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
caught
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From this reading Tuesday, the 17th of April, the ice-master caught the first sight of the _blink_[1] of the ice.
clouds
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
dark
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From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tuesday, the 17th of April, the ice-master caught the first sight of the _blink_[1] of the ice.
flocks
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
ForwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
gave
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
Greenland
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
horizon
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
ice
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From this reading Tuesday, the 17th of April, the ice-master caught the first sight of the _blink_[1] of the ice.
ice-master
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From this reading Tuesday, the 17th of April, the ice-master caught the first sight of the _blink_[1] of the ice.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
inhabit
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was visible at least twenty miles off to the north-northwest.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was visible at least twenty miles off to the north-northwest.
leaving
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From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
lighted
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
line
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From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
miles
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From this reading It was visible at least twenty miles off to the north-northwest.
more
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
moving
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From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
near
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
north-northwest
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From this reading It was visible at least twenty miles off to the north-northwest.
northward
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From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
numerous
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
off
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From this reading It was visible at least twenty miles off to the north-northwest.
others
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
petrels
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
puffins
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
rapidly
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From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
shores
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
sight
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From this reading Tuesday, the 17th of April, the ice-master caught the first sight of the _blink_[1] of the ice.
smoke
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From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
some
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
Soon
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
spite
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
thick
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
token
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From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
tolerably
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
Tuesday
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From this reading Tuesday, the 17th of April, the ice-master caught the first sight of the _blink_[1] of the ice.
twenty
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From this reading It was visible at least twenty miles off to the north-northwest.
up
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From this reading In spite of some tolerably thick clouds it lighted up brilliantly all the air near the horizon.
visible
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From this reading It was visible at least twenty miles off to the north-northwest.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The _Forward_ was moving rapidly northward, leaving behind her a long line of dark smoke.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Soon more numerous flocks of birds, petrels, puffins, and others which inhabit those barren shores, gave token of their approach to Greenland.
