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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 Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
Aided
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
angry
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
avail
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From this reading Everything was done to conciliate the fickle wind, but without avail.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
black
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
breast
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
calm
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
cast
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
changeable
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From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
chops
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
close
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From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
clouds
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
conciliate
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From this reading Everything was done to conciliate the fickle wind, but without avail.
crept
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
crossed
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
date
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
day
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From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
decks
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From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
DOLDRUMSnounUS /ˈdoldrums/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading IN THE DOLDRUMS.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything was done to conciliate the fickle wind, but without avail.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything was done to conciliate the fickle wind, but without avail.
fell
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
fickle
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From this reading Everything was done to conciliate the fickle wind, but without avail.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
goal
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
heat
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From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
horse
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE DOLDRUMS.
indignant
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
intolerable
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From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
invisible
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
latitudes
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
like
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
line
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
month
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
more
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
occasionally
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
out
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
Pandora
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
peeped
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
rays
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
rose
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
sailing
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
scorching
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
steady
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
sultry
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From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
sun
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE DOLDRUMS.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
trades
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
troubled
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
up
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From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a changeable day, but close and sultry, and the heat between decks was intolerable.
waters
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything was done to conciliate the fickle wind, but without avail.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Aided by the steady trades, the _Pandora_ crept up to the line, and in little more than a month from her date of sailing she crossed that invisible goal, and fell in with a dead calm in the horse latitudes.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Everything was done to conciliate the fickle wind, but without avail.
woman
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From this reading The sun occasionally peeped out from behind black clouds, and cast his scorching rays upon the troubled waters, which rose and fell in angry chops, like the breast of an indignant woman.
