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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 The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
arrowlike
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT FIRST SIGHT.
away
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
BERTRAM
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From this reading ________________________________________________________________________ FORDHAM'S FEUD, BY BERTRAM MITFORD.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
blade
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
Blanc
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
brave
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
breast
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ________________________________________________________________________ FORDHAM'S FEUD, BY BERTRAM MITFORD.
CHAPTER
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From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
creaming
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
curving
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
dangerous
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
de
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
FEUD
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From this reading ________________________________________________________________________ FORDHAM'S FEUD, BY BERTRAM MITFORD.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
FIRSTnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AT FIRST SIGHT.
FORDHAM'S
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From this reading ________________________________________________________________________ FORDHAM'S FEUD, BY BERTRAM MITFORD.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
hissing
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
just
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
La
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
Lake
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
lashing
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
Leman
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
line
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
MITFORD
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From this reading ________________________________________________________________________ FORDHAM'S FEUD, BY BERTRAM MITFORD.
Mont
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER ONE.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
paddles
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
Peilz
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
powerful
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
promontory
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
rather
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
rollers
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
round
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
scintillating
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
shearing
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
side
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
SIGHT
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From this reading AT FIRST SIGHT.
sped
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
steamer
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
stem
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
straight
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
sweeping
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
Tour
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From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
turquoise
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
up
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
vessel
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
wake
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The steamer _Mont Blanc_ was sweeping round the rather dangerous promontory just beyond La Tour de Peilz.
water
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From this reading The fine vessel was a brave sight as she sped arrowlike over the turquoise breast of Lake Leman, her straight stem shearing up a great scintillating blade of water on either side, her powerful paddles lashing up a long line of creaming rollers, hissing and curving away in her wake.
