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23
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost in a shout.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
almost
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From this reading “Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost in a shout.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost in a shout.
April
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
aëronauts
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
breeze
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
car
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From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
d
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
day
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
Dick
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From this reading “Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost in a shout.
distance
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
dull
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From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
fifteen
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
forests
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
gentle
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
gliding
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Onward, then, and may we have the help of Heaven!”
Heaven
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From this reading “Onward, then, and may we have the help of Heaven!”
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Onward, then, and may we have the help of Heaven!”
hours
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
hundred
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
impelled
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost in a shout.
Joe
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From this reading “Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost in a shout.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
latter
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From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Onward, then, and may we have the help of Heaven!”
memorable
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
miles
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
more
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
Mountain
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost in a shout.
night
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
o'clock
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Onward, then, and may we have the help of Heaven!”
Onward
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From this reading “Onward, then, and may we have the help of Heaven!”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
passing
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
quietly
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
rapid
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
ravines
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
reached
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
reigned
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From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
said
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From this reading “Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost in a shout.
scattered
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
shout
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From this reading “Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost in a shout.
side
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
slopes
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
spirits
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From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
ten
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Onward, then, and may we have the help of Heaven!”
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
then
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From this reading “Onward, then, and may we have the help of Heaven!”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this latter part of the journey had left them in dull spirits, and complete silence reigned in the car.
three
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
together
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From this reading “Never!” said Dick and Joe together, almost in a shout.
traversed
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From this reading In that memorable day, the 23d of April, they had, in fifteen hours, impelled by a rapid breeze, traversed a distance of more than three hundred and fifteen miles.
Trembling
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
villages
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From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Onward, then, and may we have the help of Heaven!”
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading At ten o’clock at night, after passing over ravines, forests, and scattered villages, the aëronauts reached the side of the Trembling Mountain, along whose gentle slopes they went quietly gliding.
