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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 was a crazy affair, barely large enough for two, and requiring constant bailing.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
affair
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From this reading It was a crazy affair, barely large enough for two, and requiring constant bailing.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
bailing
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From this reading It was a crazy affair, barely large enough for two, and requiring constant bailing.
barely
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From this reading It was a crazy affair, barely large enough for two, and requiring constant bailing.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
blackness
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From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
boat
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
boat's
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
bosom
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From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
broad
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From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
constant
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From this reading It was a crazy affair, barely large enough for two, and requiring constant bailing.
crazy
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From this reading It was a crazy affair, barely large enough for two, and requiring constant bailing.
creek
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
crimson
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From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
doubles
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
enough
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From this reading It was a crazy affair, barely large enough for two, and requiring constant bailing.
entered
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From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a crazy affair, barely large enough for two, and requiring constant bailing.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
grass
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From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
head
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
high
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From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
HUT
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
inlet
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
keeping
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
large
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From this reading It was a crazy affair, barely large enough for two, and requiring constant bailing.
lit
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From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
low
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From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
made
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
MARSH
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
marshes
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
mazy
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
midnight
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
mile
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
moon
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From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
Muggletonian
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
narrow
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
night
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From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
plains
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From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
quarters
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
ran
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
red
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From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
requiring
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From this reading It was a crazy affair, barely large enough for two, and requiring constant bailing.
rising
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From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
rowed
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
servants
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
shore
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
shortly
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
side
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From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
silently
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
slipped
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
soughed
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From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
turn
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From this reading They entered it, made the first turn, and the broad bosom of the inlet, lit by a low, crimson moon, was as if it had never been.
turned
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
two
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
very
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
warily
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
well
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From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE HUT ON THE MARSH It was shortly after midnight when the two servants slipped along the inlet, silently and warily, and keeping their boat well under the shore.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On every side high marsh grass soughed in the night wind,--plains of blackness with the red moon rising from them.
wound
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From this reading When they had made half a mile from the quarters, the Muggletonian, who rowed, turned the boat's head across the inlet, and ran into a very narrow creek that wound in mazy doubles through the marshes.
