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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 sea was as a crucible of molten gold, that bubblingly leaps with light and heat.
abounded
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
air
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.
Babylonian
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From this reading Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.
bayonet
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
billows
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
boomed
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
breeze
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
bubblingly
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From this reading The sea was as a crucible of molten gold, that bubblingly leaps with light and heat.
bulk
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
crowned
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From this reading Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.
crucible
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From this reading The sea was as a crucible of molten gold, that bubblingly leaps with light and heat.
Emblazonings
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From this reading Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.
full
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
giants
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
gold
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From this reading The sea was as a crucible of molten gold, that bubblingly leaps with light and heat.
gurgling
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
heat
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From this reading The sea was as a crucible of molten gold, that bubblingly leaps with light and heat.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
intensity
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
invisible
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
kings
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From this reading Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.
known
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
leaps
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From this reading The sea was as a crucible of molten gold, that bubblingly leaps with light and heat.
light
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
like
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
mighty
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
molten
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From this reading The sea was as a crucible of molten gold, that bubblingly leaps with light and heat.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
moved
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
Muffled
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
not-yet-subsided
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
only
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
outbellying
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
outspread
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.
palms
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
Pequod's
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
place
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
pushed
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
queens
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From this reading Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.
rays
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
reigned
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From this reading Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.
rolled
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
sails
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
sea
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
sky
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
slow
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
spread
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
stacks
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
striving
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From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
strong
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
sun
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From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Next morning the not-yet-subsided sea rolled in long slow billows of mighty bulk, and striving in the Pequod’s gurgling track, pushed her on like giants’ palms outspread.
unstaggering
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
vast
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Muffled in the full morning light, the invisible sun was only known by the spread intensity of his place; where his bayonet rays moved on in stacks.
whole
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sea was as a crucible of molten gold, that bubblingly leaps with light and heat.
world
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From this reading The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.
