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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 At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
ACCOUNT
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
adorned
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
alighting
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From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
all
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
AUTHOR'S
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
beheld
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
better
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From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
circumstances
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
countenances
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
COURT
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
crowd
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From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
debt
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
DESCRIBED
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
DISPOSITIONSnounUS /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃənz/
plural of “disposition” — your usual mood
From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
DISQUIETUDES
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
Europe
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
eyes
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From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
FEARS
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
fiddles
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
figures
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
flutes
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
garments
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
guitars
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
habits
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
harps
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
harpsichords
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
heads
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From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
HUMORS
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
indeed
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
INHABITANTS
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
instruments
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
interwoven
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
inward
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From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
KING
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
LAPUTIANS
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
LEARNING
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
many
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
marks
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
moons
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
more
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
mortals
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
much
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
music
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
nearest
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From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
other
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From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
outward
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
people
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From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
quality
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From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
race
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
RECEPTION
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
reclined
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From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
seen
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
shapes
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
singular
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
stars
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
SUBJECT
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
suns
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
surrounded
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From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
THEIRdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
then
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
THERE
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
trumpets
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
turned
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From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
unknown
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From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
up
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From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many more instruments of music unknown to us in Europe.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At my alighting, I was surrounded with a crowd of people, but those who stood nearest seemed to be of better quality.
WOMEN
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From this reading THE HUMORS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE LAPUTIANS DESCRIBED—AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR LEARNING—OF THE KING AND HIS COURT—THE AUTHOR’S RECEPTION THERE—THE INHABITANTS SUBJECT TO FEARS AND DISQUIETUDES—AN ACCOUNT OF THE WOMEN.
wonder
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From this reading They beheld me with all the marks and circumstances of wonder, neither indeed was I much in their debt, having never till then seen a race of mortals so singular in their shapes, habits, and countenances.
zenith
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From this reading Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith.
