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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 SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
abroad
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
all
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From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
bright
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From this reading The sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
chill
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
cloth
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
cloudless
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From this reading The sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun.
coldest
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
crawled
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From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
early
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
EMBASSY
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
enough
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
ever
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
island
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From this reading The chill and the vapour taken together told a poor tale of the island.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
just
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
knee-deep
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From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
less
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
lieutenant
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From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
low
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From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
marrow
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
men
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
morass
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From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
morning
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
night
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From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
other
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
out
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From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
outside
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
overhead
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From this reading The sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun.
person
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
pierced
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
placidly
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
poor
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From this reading The chill and the vapour taken together told a poor tale of the island.
quite
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
rosily
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From this reading The sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
shone
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From this reading The sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun.
Silver
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
SILVER'S
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
sky
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From this reading The sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
still
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
stockadenounUS /ˈstockade/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
sun
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From this reading The sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun.
Sure
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
taken
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From this reading The chill and the vapour taken together told a poor tale of the island.
tale
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From this reading The chill and the vapour taken together told a poor tale of the island.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
there
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
think
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From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
together
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From this reading The chill and the vapour taken together told a poor tale of the island.
told
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From this reading The chill and the vapour taken together told a poor tale of the island.
tops
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From this reading The sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun.
trees
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From this reading The sky was bright and cloudless overhead, and the tops of the trees shone rosily in the sun.
two
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
vapour
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From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
waded
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From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was still quite early, and the coldest morning that I think I ever was abroad in; a chill that pierced into the marrow.
waving
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
white
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From this reading SILVER'S EMBASSY Sure enough, there were two men just outside the stockade, one of them waving a white cloth; the other, no less a person than Silver himself, standing placidly by.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But where Silver stood with his lieutenant all was still in shadow, and they waded knee-deep in a low, white vapour, that had crawled during the night out of the morass.
