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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 Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
air
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From this reading Now it was deep summer, blue and gold, and the air all balm and caressing.
all
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From this reading Now it was deep summer, blue and gold, and the air all balm and caressing.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
balm
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From this reading Now it was deep summer, blue and gold, and the air all balm and caressing.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
blue
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From this reading Now it was deep summer, blue and gold, and the air all balm and caressing.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
came
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From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
caravels
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From this reading They were caravels, and only the _Santa Maria_, the largest, was fully decked.
caressing
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From this reading Now it was deep summer, blue and gold, and the air all balm and caressing.
craftnounUS /kræft/
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
dawn
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From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
day
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From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
decked
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From this reading They were caravels, and only the _Santa Maria_, the largest, was fully decked.
deep
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From this reading Now it was deep summer, blue and gold, and the air all balm and caressing.
desert
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
dunes
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From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
evening
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From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
find
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
fully
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From this reading They were caravels, and only the _Santa Maria_, the largest, was fully decked.
gold
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From this reading Now it was deep summer, blue and gold, and the air all balm and caressing.
grayness
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From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
India
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
largest
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From this reading They were caravels, and only the _Santa Maria_, the largest, was fully decked.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
leagues
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
Maria
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From this reading They were caravels, and only the _Santa Maria_, the largest, was fully decked.
means
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
men
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
mouth
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From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
Now
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From this reading Now it was deep summer, blue and gold, and the air all balm and caressing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
only
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From this reading They were caravels, and only the _Santa Maria_, the largest, was fully decked.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
plain
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
RISING
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From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
river
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From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
road
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
rode
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From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
Santa
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From this reading They were caravels, and only the _Santa Maria_, the largest, was fully decked.
sea
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From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
seen
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From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
ships
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From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
Small
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
stretched
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From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
summer
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From this reading Now it was deep summer, blue and gold, and the air all balm and caressing.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
there
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
thousand
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
three
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From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
toiled
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
traveled
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
walked
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From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now it was deep summer, blue and gold, and the air all balm and caressing.
water
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From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were caravels, and only the _Santa Maria_, the largest, was fully decked.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The evening before I had seen the three ships where they rode in river mouth.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading RISING at dawn, I walked to the sea and along it until I came at last to those dunes beneath which I had stretched myself that day of grayness.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Small craft with which to find India, over a road of a thousand leagues--or no road, for road means that men have toiled there and traveled there--no road, but a wilderness plain, a water desert!
