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Chapter XXVIII
Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon. Soon, no land appeared. Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead! Again, all changed. Like stars in multitude, bright islets multiplied around.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Again, all changed.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Like stars in multitude, bright islets multiplied around.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Soon, no land appeared.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again, all changed.
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From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
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From this reading Soon, no land appeared.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Like stars in multitude, bright islets multiplied around.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
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From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
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From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
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From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
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From this reading Like stars in multitude, bright islets multiplied around.
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From this reading Again, all changed.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
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From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
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From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Like stars in multitude, bright islets multiplied around.
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From this reading Like stars in multitude, bright islets multiplied around.
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From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Soon, no land appeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like stars in multitude, bright islets multiplied around.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
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From this reading Like stars in multitude, bright islets multiplied around.
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From this reading Like stars in multitude, bright islets multiplied around.
not any; not one
From this reading Soon, no land appeared.
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From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
above and across; more than
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
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From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Soon, no land appeared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like stars in multitude, bright islets multiplied around.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
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From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
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From this reading Now, our prows we turned due west, across the blue lagoon.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Far as the eye could sweep, one azure plain; all over flaked with foamy fleeces:—a boundless flock upon a boundless mead!
