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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 might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
accident
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
adventures
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
affairs
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From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
all
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
amply
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
ardent
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
Augustus
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From this reading My conversations with Augustus grew daily more frequent and more intensely full of interest.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
bring
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
catastrophe
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From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
certainty
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From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
color
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
con
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contrary
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
conversations
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From this reading My conversations with Augustus grew daily more frequent and more intensely full of interest.
cooled
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From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
daily
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From this reading My conversations with Augustus grew daily more frequent and more intensely full of interest.
data
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From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
deduce
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deliverance
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
effectually
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From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
enough
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
entire
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erase
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
exciting
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
experienced
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
frequent
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From this reading My conversations with Augustus grew daily more frequent and more intensely full of interest.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
full
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From this reading My conversations with Augustus grew daily more frequent and more intensely full of interest.
grew
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From this reading My conversations with Augustus grew daily more frequent and more intensely full of interest.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
incident
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
incipient
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From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
inferences
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intensely
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From this reading My conversations with Augustus grew daily more frequent and more intensely full of interest.
interest
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From this reading My conversations with Augustus grew daily more frequent and more intensely full of interest.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
just
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From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
late
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
light
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
longing
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
mere
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From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
miraculous
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
more
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
most
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From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
navigator
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
out
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
passion
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From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
perilous
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
period
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
picturesqueness
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
pleasurably
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
points
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
prejudice
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From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
pro
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proved
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
related
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From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
sea
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From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
shadows
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
simple
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From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
supposed
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From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
vivid
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From this reading This short period proved amply long enough to erase from my memory the shadows, and bring out in vivid light all the pleasurably exciting points of color, all the picturesqueness, of the late perilous accident.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
week
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
wild
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From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In no affairs of mere prejudice, pro or con, do we deduce inferences with entire certainty, even from the most simple data.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading On the contrary, I never experienced a more ardent longing for the wild adventures incident to the life of a navigator than within a week after our miraculous deliverance.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It might be supposed that a catastrophe such as I have just related would have effectually cooled my incipient passion for the sea.
