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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 INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading In the distance, the little whitewashed port of Arrecife glimmered against the dark sea.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
Arrecife
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From this reading In the distance, the little whitewashed port of Arrecife glimmered against the dark sea.
beating
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From this reading _Campeador_'s boat, under jib and spritsail, was beating up the coast.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
BetweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
blown
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
boat
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From this reading _Campeador_'s boat, under jib and spritsail, was beating up the coast.
breeze
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
Campeador
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From this reading _Campeador_'s boat, under jib and spritsail, was beating up the coast.
coast
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From this reading _Campeador_'s boat, under jib and spritsail, was beating up the coast.
covered
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
crossed
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
dark
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From this reading In the distance, the little whitewashed port of Arrecife glimmered against the dark sea.
distance
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From this reading In the distance, the little whitewashed port of Arrecife glimmered against the dark sea.
Don
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From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
dropped
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
empty
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
Erminio
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From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
glimmered
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From this reading In the distance, the little whitewashed port of Arrecife glimmered against the dark sea.
gunwalenounUS /ˈɡʌnəl/
the upper edge of a boat’s side
From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
held
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From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
hills
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
hour
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the distance, the little whitewashed port of Arrecife glimmered against the dark sea.
INJURED
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
jib
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From this reading _Campeador_'s boat, under jib and spritsail, was beating up the coast.
Kit
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From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
Lanzarote's
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
lava
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
light
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the distance, the little whitewashed port of Arrecife glimmered against the dark sea.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
miles
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
mountains
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the distance, the little whitewashed port of Arrecife glimmered against the dark sea.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
PASSENGER
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
plain
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
port
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From this reading In the distance, the little whitewashed port of Arrecife glimmered against the dark sea.
ran
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
red
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
ridges
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
s
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From this reading _Campeador_'s boat, under jib and spritsail, was beating up the coast.
Sahara
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
sand
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
sat
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From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
sea
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
shone
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
sixty
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From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
smoked
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From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
spritsail
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From this reading _Campeador_'s boat, under jib and spritsail, was beating up the coast.
sunset
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Between sea and mountains ran an empty plain, crossed by lava ridges and covered by sand that had blown, for sixty miles, from the Sahara.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
tiller
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From this reading Don Erminio held the tiller; Kit sat on the gunwale and smoked and looked about.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
Trade-wind
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
two
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From this reading THE INJURED PASSENGER The red sunset shone behind Lanzarote's broken hills, and the Trade-wind had, for an hour or two, dropped to a light breeze.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading _Campeador_'s boat, under jib and spritsail, was beating up the coast.
up
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From this reading _Campeador_'s boat, under jib and spritsail, was beating up the coast.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Campeador_'s boat, under jib and spritsail, was beating up the coast.
whitewashed
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From this reading In the distance, the little whitewashed port of Arrecife glimmered against the dark sea.
