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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 All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
ADRIFT
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From this reading ADRIFT ON THE DEAD FLOE.
All
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From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
back
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
chaos
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From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
covered
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From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
crashing
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From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
cry
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
DEADnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ADRIFT ON THE DEAD FLOE.
despairing
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From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
drift
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
dying
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From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
faint
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
fancy
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
fiercely
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From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
FLOE
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From this reading ADRIFT ON THE DEAD FLOE.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
hail
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From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
hissing
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From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
ice
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From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
icy
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From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
mocking
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
named
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From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
now
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From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
obscurity
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From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ADRIFT ON THE DEAD FLOE.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
own
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
pathless
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
response
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
sea
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
seamen
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From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
shout
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From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
sowing
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
spoondrift
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From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
sweeps
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From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ADRIFT ON THE DEAD FLOE.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
tossed
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From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
tumblingnounUS /ˈtumbling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
water
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From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
wave-tops
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From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
waves
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From this reading All was obscurity around me--a chaos of tumbling waves, of crashing ice and hissing hail.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And now from time to time I was covered by the icy _spoondrift_, as the water which the wind sweeps from the wave-tops is named by seamen.
wildly
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From this reading I shouted wildly, fiercely, as the dying or despairing alone may shout.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A faint response seemed to come through the drift and the hail that was sowing the ice and pathless sea; but it might have been fancy, or my own cry tossed back by the mocking wind.
