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From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.
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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 JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.
AcademynounUS /əˈkæd.ə.mi/
A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.
From this reading Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
all
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From this reading Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Harry Blunt, pale and uneasy, regarded him with frightened glance.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The commandant looked at him with undisguised loathing.
Blunt
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Blunt's
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came
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CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In Captain Blunt's face woe unutterable was clearly depicted.
clearly
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commandant
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depicted
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Drake
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From this reading Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
end
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entrance
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face
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fascinated
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felt
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frightened
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gaze
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glance
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happen
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From this reading Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
Harry
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The commandant looked at him with undisguised loathing.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In Captain Blunt's face woe unutterable was clearly depicted.
JOHN
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loathing
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From this reading The commandant looked at him with undisguised loathing.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The commandant looked at him with undisguised loathing.
Naval
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now
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From this reading Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
painful
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pale
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positively
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regarded
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Robert
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From this reading Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.
Stonewell
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Stonewell's
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The commandant looked at him with undisguised loathing.
things
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From this reading Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
undisguised
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From this reading The commandant looked at him with undisguised loathing.
uneasy
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From this reading Harry Blunt, pale and uneasy, regarded him with frightened glance.
unutterable
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From this reading In Captain Blunt's face woe unutterable was clearly depicted.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.
woe
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From this reading In Captain Blunt's face woe unutterable was clearly depicted.