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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 he who like a huge bird of prey was going to strike the “Go-Ahead.”
aeronef
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From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
Albatross
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From this reading THE GRAND COLLAPSE It was indeed the “Albatross!”
all
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
annihilated
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From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
apparently
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From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
asphyxiated
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
bird
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From this reading It was he who like a huge bird of prey was going to strike the “Go-Ahead.”
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
COLLAPSE
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From this reading THE GRAND COLLAPSE It was indeed the “Albatross!”
converted
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
coolness
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
deck
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From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
engineer
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
explosionnounUS /ɪkˈsploʊʒən/
a sudden violent burst of sound or force
From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
fall
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
fore
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
Go-Ahead
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From this reading It was he who like a huge bird of prey was going to strike the “Go-Ahead.”
going
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From this reading It was he who like a huge bird of prey was going to strike the “Go-Ahead.”
GRAND
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From this reading THE GRAND COLLAPSE It was indeed the “Albatross!”
gyratory
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was indeed Robur who had reappeared in the heights of the sky!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was he who like a huge bird of prey was going to strike the “Go-Ahead.”
heights
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From this reading It was indeed Robur who had reappeared in the heights of the sky!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
huge
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From this reading It was he who like a huge bird of prey was going to strike the “Go-Ahead.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was indeed Robur who had reappeared in the heights of the sky!
indeed
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From this reading THE GRAND COLLAPSE It was indeed the “Albatross!”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE GRAND COLLAPSE It was indeed the “Albatross!”
like
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From this reading It was he who like a huge bird of prey was going to strike the “Go-Ahead.”
men
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
months
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From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
motion
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
nine
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From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was indeed Robur who had reappeared in the heights of the sky!
prey
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From this reading It was he who like a huge bird of prey was going to strike the “Go-Ahead.”
prodigious
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
propeller
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
reappeared
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From this reading It was indeed Robur who had reappeared in the heights of the sky!
reversed
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
Robur
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From this reading It was indeed Robur who had reappeared in the heights of the sky!
screw
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
screws
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From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
shattered
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From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
sky
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From this reading It was indeed Robur who had reappeared in the heights of the sky!
smashed
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From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
strike
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From this reading It was he who like a huge bird of prey was going to strike the “Go-Ahead.”
suspensory
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From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GRAND COLLAPSE It was indeed the “Albatross!”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was he who like a huge bird of prey was going to strike the “Go-Ahead.”
two
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From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE GRAND COLLAPSE It was indeed the “Albatross!”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was indeed Robur who had reappeared in the heights of the sky!
WithoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Without the prodigious coolness of the engineer, who reversed the gyratory motion of the fore propeller and converted it into a suspensory screw, the men of the “Albatross” would all have been asphyxiated by the fall.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet, nine months before, the aeronef, shattered by the explosion, her screws broken, her deck smashed in two, had been apparently annihilated.
