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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 It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
ahead
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From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
all
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From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
bare-poled
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From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
basket
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
Bengal
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
bomb
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
burst
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
canvas
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From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
ceaseless
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
climes
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
cloudless
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
crouches
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
cruellest
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
Cuba
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
day
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From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
dazed
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
deadliest
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
direst
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From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
effulgent
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
encounters
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From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
evening
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From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
exploding
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
fangs
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
fight
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From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
gorgeous
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
groves
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
Japanese
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From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
knows
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
lands
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
like
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
mariner
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From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
most
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
northern
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
nurse
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
out
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
Pequod
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From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
resplendent
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From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
seas
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From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
Skies
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
sky
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
sleepy
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
sometimes
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
spiced
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
storms
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From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
swept
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
tame
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
thunders
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
tiger
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
too
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From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
torn
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From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
tornadoes
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From this reading Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
TowardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
town
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From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
Typhoon
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From this reading So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
verdure
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From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
WarmestadjectiveUS /ˈwɔːrməst/
superlative of “warm” — having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Towards evening of that day, the Pequod was torn of her canvas, and bare-poled was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck her directly ahead.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
