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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 I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
better
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
chest
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
complexion
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
Death
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From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
deep
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From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
delicate
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
dewdrops
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
dimmed
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
eyes
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From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
fall
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
fingers
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
fixed
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From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
freed
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
fresher
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
GALLEON'S
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From this reading THE GALLEON’S HOLD.
gaze
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From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
golden
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
gone
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
greenish
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
hair
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
haziness
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
HOLD
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From this reading THE GALLEON’S HOLD.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
jewels
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
Laura's
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From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
lightly
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
like
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From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
met
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From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
night's
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
opened
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From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
pale
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
rich
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
risen
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From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
sat
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From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
seaman's
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
seated
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
sleep
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From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
smoothing
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
somewhat
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
sparkled
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
sparkles
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
sun
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From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GALLEON’S HOLD.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
too
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
tresses
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From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
up
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From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Death must be like such sleep as that, thought I. I sat up and met Laura’s gaze fixed upon me.
violet
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was seated on a seaman’s chest lightly smoothing her hair, and the jewels on her fingers sparkled like dewdrops on the golden fall of her tresses.
woke
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From this reading I woke from a deep sleep, and opened my eyes against the glare of the risen sun.
yesterday
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From this reading She looked the better for the night’s rest, her complexion fresher, her eyes freed of the delicate haziness that had yesterday somewhat dimmed their rich violet sparkles; the pale greenish shadow under them, too, was gone.
