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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 Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
all
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From this reading And before us from east to west stretched the many-tinted sea all dotted with little sailing-boats.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
bay
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From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
beach
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From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
beauty
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And before us from east to west stretched the many-tinted sea all dotted with little sailing-boats.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
bright
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
cape
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From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
cliff
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
coast
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
coldly
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
distinct
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From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
dotted
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From this reading And before us from east to west stretched the many-tinted sea all dotted with little sailing-boats.
east
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From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
Eastward
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
edge
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
extremity
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From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
faded
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
falling
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
feet
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
floating
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
flushed
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And before us from east to west stretched the many-tinted sea all dotted with little sailing-boats.
gold
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
golden-crested
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
gray
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
high
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
hot
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
Isle
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
like
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
many-tinted
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From this reading And before us from east to west stretched the many-tinted sea all dotted with little sailing-boats.
moon
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
near
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From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
out
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
perhaps
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
room
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From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
rose
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
sailing-boats
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From this reading And before us from east to west stretched the many-tinted sea all dotted with little sailing-boats.
sea
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From this reading And before us from east to west stretched the many-tinted sea all dotted with little sailing-boats.
see
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From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
Sirens
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
sky
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
Solaro
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
straight
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
stretched
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From this reading And before us from east to west stretched the many-tinted sea all dotted with little sailing-boats.
sunrise
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
tall
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
thousand
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From this reading Eastward was a great cliff--a thousand feet high perhaps, coldly gray except for one bright edge of gold, and beyond it the Isle of the Sirens, and a falling coast that faded and passed into the hot sunrise.
throned
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
turned
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From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And before us from east to west stretched the many-tinted sea all dotted with little sailing-boats.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
Well
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From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
west
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From this reading ‘Well, this room of ours was at the extremity of the cape, so that one could see east and west.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And when one turned to the west, distinct and near was a little bay, a little beach still in shadow.
white
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From this reading And out of that shadow rose Solaro, straight and tall, flushed and golden-crested, like a beauty throned, and the white moon was floating behind her in the sky.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And before us from east to west stretched the many-tinted sea all dotted with little sailing-boats.
