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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
any
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From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
appeared
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From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
approached
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
back
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From this reading We have only just enough food left to take us back to the ship.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
Belcher
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
certain
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From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
cleared
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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
clouds
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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
companions
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
death
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From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
degrees
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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
dejected
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
Edward
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
enough
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From this reading We have only just enough food left to take us back to the ship.
expose
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From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
farther
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From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
fell
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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
food
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From this reading We have only just enough food left to take us back to the ship.
friends
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
gently
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
go
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From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
Hatteras
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have only just enough food left to take us back to the ship.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
horizon
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From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
just
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From this reading We have only just enough food left to take us back to the ship.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We have only just enough food left to take us back to the ship.
mentioned
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
miles
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
more
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
north
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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
o'clock
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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
only
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From this reading We have only just enough food left to take us back to the ship.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
peer
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From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
rays
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From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
sadly
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
said
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
service
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From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
shifting
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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We have only just enough food left to take us back to the ship.
Sir
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
six
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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
sixty
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
sky
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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
soon
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From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We have only just enough food left to take us back to the ship.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
thermometer
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From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
TowardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
two
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From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We have only just enough food left to take us back to the ship.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Hatteras approached his two dejected companions and said to them, sadly and gently,-- "My friends, we are more than sixty miles from the point mentioned by Sir Edward Belcher.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Toward six o'clock in the morning the wind fell, and, shifting suddenly to the north, it cleared the clouds from the sky; the thermometer stood at -33 degrees.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading To go farther would only expose us to certain death, without our being of service to any one.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The first rays of the twilight appeared on the horizon above which it would soon peer.
