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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 BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
Anthony
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From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
bank
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
banks
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
blackness
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
boat
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From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
boats
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
BREAD
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
came
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
Carew
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From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
CAST
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
Charles
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From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
charmed
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
crimson
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
darkness
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
Dr
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From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
drooping
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
evening
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From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
fiery
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
foremostnounUS /ˈforemost/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
girt
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
glassy
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
Godfrey
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From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
green
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
Indian
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
inky
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
Landless
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From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
late
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
lines
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
low
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
made
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
maize
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
Manor
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From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
master
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From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
middle
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
moved
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
mulberries
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
Nash
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From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
neared
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From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
nestling
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
occupants
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From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
overseer
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From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
Pamunkey
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
red
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
ribbon
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
round
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
rounding
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
rowed
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From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
rowers
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From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
sat
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From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
saw
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From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
second
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From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
servants
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From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
shadowed
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
sheet
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
silently
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
Sir
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From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
sleepy
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From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
slept
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
stalwart
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From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
stillness
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From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
stream
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
sun
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
sunken
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
Surveyor-General
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From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
swiftly
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
swung
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
Three
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
trees
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
up
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
UPONprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
usual
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From this reading As they neared the bank their occupants saw that the usual sleepy evening stillness was not upon the village above them.
Verney
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From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
village
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
vines
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From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the second boat was the Surveyor-General and Dr. Anthony Nash, and in the third the overseer, and among the rowers of this last was Godfrey Landless.
water
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
WATERS
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From this reading BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS Great trees, drooping from the banks of the Pamunkey, shadowed into inky blackness the water below them; but between the lines of darkness slept a charmed sheet, glassy, fiery red from the sunken sun.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were rowed by stalwart servants, and in the foremost sat the master of Verney Manor and Sir Charles Carew.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Three boats moved silently and swiftly up the crimson stream, until, rounding a low point, they came upon an Indian village, nestling amidst vines and mulberries, and girt with a green ribbon of late maize, when they swung round from the middle stream and made for the bank.
