afraidadjectiveUS /əˈfreɪd/
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
anchoragenounUS /ˈæŋkərədʒ/
the condition of being secured to a base
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
ashyadjectiveUS /ˈæʃi/
of a light grey
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
atmospherenounUS /ˈætməsfɪr/
a particular environment or surrounding influence
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It had to be faced however.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
boardnounUS /bɔːrd/
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading He went on board his schooner.
causenounUS /kɑːz/
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
comingnounUS /ˈkʌmɪŋ/
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
crepuscularadjective
like twilight; dim
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
disasternounUS /dɪˈzæstər/
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
endlessadjectiveUS /ˈendləs/
tiresomely long; seemingly without end
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
facedadjectiveUS /feɪst/
having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination
From this reading It had to be faced however.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
getverbUS /ɡet/
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
gleamverbUS /ɡliːm/
be shiny, as if wet
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went on board his schooner.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He went on board his schooner.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading It had to be faced however.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had to be faced however.
keepverbUS /kiːp/
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
layverbUS /leɪ/
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
lestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
measuredadjectiveUS /ˈmeʒərd/
having notes of fixed rhythmic value
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
minglingnounUS /ˈmɪŋɡəlɪŋ/
the action of people mingling and coming into contact
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
moraladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrəl/
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
nightnounUS /naɪt/
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He went on board his schooner.
reasonableadjectiveUS /ˈriːzənəbəl/
showing reason or sound judgment
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
schoonernounUS /ˈskuːnər/
a large beer glass
From this reading He went on board his schooner.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
sleeplessnessnoun
a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
soberadjectiveUS /ˈsoʊbər/
not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
someadjectiveUS /sʌm/
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
sortnounUS /sɔːrt/
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
strainnounUS /streɪn/
(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
sunsetnounUS /ˈsʌnset/
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
suspendedadjectiveUS /səˈspendɪd/
(of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
tasknounUS /tæsk/
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
thoughtsnounUS /θɔːts/
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
triedadjectiveUS /traɪd/
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
vastadjectiveUS /væst/
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
wearisomeadjectiveUS /ˈwɪrisəm/
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
wentverbUS /went/
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He went on board his schooner.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What he was afraid of in the coming night was sleeplessness and the endless strain of that wearisome task.
whitenounUS /waɪt/
a Caucasian
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She lay white, and as if suspended, in the crepuscular atmosphere of sunset mingling with the ashy gleam of the vast anchorage.
wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/
the words that are spoken
From this reading He tried to keep his thoughts as sober, as reasonable, as measured as his words had been, lest they should get away from him and cause some sort of moral disaster.
