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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 And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
Arabs
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
billowy
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
boat
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From this reading No one was visible, and the side of the boat was untouched.
breast
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
breathes
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
brine
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
BRYANT
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From this reading BRYANT.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
calm
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
check
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From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
chilling
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From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
city
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
critical
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From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
examination
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
fear
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
hand
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
helpless
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
hours
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
hundreds
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
Hushing
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
impression
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
keeps
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
known
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
laid
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
launch
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
like
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
meet
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From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
mid-sea
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
moment
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
near
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No one was visible, and the side of the boat was untouched.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
quiet
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
side
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From this reading No one was visible, and the side of the boat was untouched.
sleeps
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
some
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
thinepronounUS /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
too
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
unexpected
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From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
untouched
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From this reading No one was visible, and the side of the boat was untouched.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
vanished
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From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
vast
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From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
visible
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From this reading No one was visible, and the side of the boat was untouched.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The first impression was, that some one of the hundreds of Arabs, who were known to be near, had laid a hand on the launch; but this fear vanished on examination.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And when the hours of rest Come, like a calm upon the mid-sea brine Hushing its billowy breast-- The quiet of that moment, too, is thine; It breathes of him who keeps The vast and helpless city while it sleeps.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was chilling to meet with this unexpected and sudden check at so critical a moment.
