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Chapter XI
IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind! It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west. Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail. The rigging sang a steady song, day and night. The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
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later than; following
From this reading “Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
later than; following
From this reading Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.
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From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
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From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
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From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
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From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
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From this reading Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.
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From this reading Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.
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From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
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From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
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From this reading Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.
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From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
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From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
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From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
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From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
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From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
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From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.
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From this reading The rigging sang a steady song, day and night.
not any; not one
From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
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From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
above and across; more than
From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
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From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
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From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rigging sang a steady song, day and night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rigging sang a steady song, day and night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The rigging sang a steady song, day and night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.
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From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
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From this reading Day after day we experienced this warm and steadfast driving; day after day we never shifted sail.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
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From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
in or at the place that
From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IT was a strange thing how utterly favoring now was the wind!
in the company of; together with
From this reading It blew with a great steady push always from the east, and always we ran before it into the west.
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From this reading The crowned woman, our figurehead, ran, light-footed, over a green and blue plain, and where the plain ended no man might know!
