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Codex Junius 11
Codex Junius 11

Chapter X

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(ll.
470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.
The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.
The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.
The doomed men died.
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Codex Junius 11

Chapter X

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
(ll.
Line 2
470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.
Line 3
The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.
Line 4
The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.
Line 5
The doomed men died.

Learner Dictionary

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

Blood noun US /blood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.”

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.”

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.”

All words in this reading · 41

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470

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From this reading 470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.

491

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From this reading 470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.

afar

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From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

air

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From this reading 470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.

away

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

bearing

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From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

bloodnounUS /blood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading 470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.

blue

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From this reading 470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

deadly

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From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

death

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

defiled

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From this reading 470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.

died

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From this reading The doomed men died.

doomed

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From this reading The doomed men died.

embrace

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From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

flood

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From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

foamed

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From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

God

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

hand

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

hunting

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From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

Just

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

ll

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From this reading (ll.

march

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

men

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From this reading The doomed men died.

menaced

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

Moses

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

ocean

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

off

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From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

roaring

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

seamen

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

swept

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

terror

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading 470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The flood foamed, hunting them afar, bearing them off in its deadly embrace.

tillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

warriors

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From this reading The roaring ocean menaced the march of the seamen with terror of death, till the Just God swept the warriors away by Moses' hand.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading 470-491) The blue air was defiled with blood.