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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 La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
all
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From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
beating
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
Bijou
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From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
blackly
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
blast
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
boat-builder's
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From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
chunk
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
clear
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
cloud-flecked
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
confidencenounUS /ˈconfidence/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
Corliss
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From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
crumbled
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
crystalline
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
dainty
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From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
delicate
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From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
down
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
driving
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
egg-shell
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
expression
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From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
find
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
floes
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
fragile
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
Frona
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From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
full
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
furnace
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
green
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
handling
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From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
head
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
hot
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
ice
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
La
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From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
Light
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
like
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
man's
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
offered
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
once
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From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
perfect
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From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
picture
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
protection
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
rim-ice
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
river
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
rushing
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
scattered
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
skilful
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From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
skin
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
sky
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
small
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
soul
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From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
stretching
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
summer
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
sun
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
three-eighths-inch
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From this reading Light as an egg-shell, and as fragile, her three-eighths-inch skin offered no protection from a driving chunk of ice as small as a man's head.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And here, at once, through skilful handling, Corliss took to himself confidence in Frona.
touch
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
upward
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
walls
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading La Bijou was a perfect expression of all that was dainty and delicate in the boat-builder's soul.
water
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
way
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From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Nor, though the water was open, did she find a clear way, for the river was full of scattered floes which had crumbled down from the rim-ice.
woods
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From this reading It was a great picture: the river rushing blackly between its crystalline walls; beyond, the green woods stretching upward to touch the cloud-flecked summer sky; and over all, like a furnace blast, the hot sun beating down.
