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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 We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
aid
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
anchor
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
any
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
apparently
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
appeared
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From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
awaiting
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
bay
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
board
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
calmly
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
captivity
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From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
capture
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
chasm
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
cold
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
conceal
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
conceived
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From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
country
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
crowds
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
danger
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
death
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From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
discovered
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
doubtless
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
dragging
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From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
efforts
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
entombed
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From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
existence
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From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
famine
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
fastnesses
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
final
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
flat
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
forever
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From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
hills
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
islands
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
issuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
Jane
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
just
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
lay
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
lending
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
less
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From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
miserable
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From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
now
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From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
observationnounUS /ˈobservation/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
obtainverbUS /əbˈteɪn/
to get something, especially through effort
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
out
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From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
perceived
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
perish
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
plundernounUS /ˈplʌn.dər/
Goods or treasure taken by force or theft, especially in war or banditry.
From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
polar
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
prospect
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From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
put
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From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
rafts
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
resort
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
savages
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From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
saw
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From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
scarcely
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From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
situation
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From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
southward
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
swarming
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
ultimately
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
unconscious
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We saw before us no prospect but that of being put to death by the savages, or of dragging out a miserable existence in captivity among them.
vessel
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From this reading The vessel still lay calmly at anchor in the bay, those on board being apparently quite unconscious of any danger awaiting them.
view
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Our situation, as it now appeared, was scarcely less dreadful than when we had conceived ourselves entombed forever.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
whole
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From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
winter
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From this reading We might, to be sure, conceal ourselves for a time from their observation among the fastnesses of the hills, and, as a final resort, in the chasm from which we had just issued; but we must either perish in the long polar winter through cold and famine, or be ultimately discovered in our efforts to obtain relief.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages, crowds of whom, we now perceived, had come over from the islands to the southward on flat rafts, doubtless with a view of lending their aid in the capture and plunder of the Jane.
