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An Annapolis First Classman
An Annapolis First Classman

Chapter XXV

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JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.
The commandant looked at him with undisguised loathing.
In Captain Blunt's face woe unutterable was clearly depicted.
Harry Blunt, pale and uneasy, regarded him with frightened glance.
Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.
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An Annapolis First Classman

Chapter XXV

Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.
Line 2
The commandant looked at him with undisguised loathing.
Line 3
In Captain Blunt's face woe unutterable was clearly depicted.
Line 4
Harry Blunt, pale and uneasy, regarded him with frightened glance.
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Robert Drake looked at Stonewell with fascinated gaze; he felt that now the end of all things at the Naval Academy was to happen.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Academy noun US /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.”

Captain noun US /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.”

JOHN noun US /john/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The commandant looked at him with undisguised loathing.”

Silence noun US /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.”

All words in this reading · 52

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13

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From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.

15

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From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.

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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From this reading Harry Blunt, pale and uneasy, regarded him with frightened glance.

Blunt's

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came

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From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.

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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From this reading In Captain Blunt's face woe unutterable was clearly depicted.

commandant

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From this reading The commandant looked at him with undisguised loathing.

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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From this reading In Captain Blunt's face woe unutterable was clearly depicted.

fascinated

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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.

felt

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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.

frightened

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From this reading Harry Blunt, pale and uneasy, regarded him with frightened glance.

gaze

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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.

glance

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From this reading Harry Blunt, pale and uneasy, regarded him with frightened glance.

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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From this reading Harry Blunt, pale and uneasy, regarded him with frightened glance.

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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From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.

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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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.

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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From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.

pale

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From this reading Harry Blunt, pale and uneasy, regarded him with frightened glance.

positively

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From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.

regarded

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From this reading Harry Blunt, pale and uneasy, regarded him with frightened glance.

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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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.

Stonewell's

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From this reading JOHN 15:13 With Stonewell's entrance came a silence that was positively painful.

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.