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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 A MIDNIGHT CRUISE.
accusing
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
African
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From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
aimless
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Then they stopped amid the sand and the shingle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
battled
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
beach
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
clambering
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
completely
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From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
cowedverbUS /kaʊd/
made afraid or less confident
From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
crash
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
crashing
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
CRUISEnounUS /kruːz/
a journey by sea for a particular purpose
From this reading A MIDNIGHT CRUISE.
darkness
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
down
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From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
Exhausted
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
face
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
flight
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
frenzied
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
gleam
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
heard
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
hedges
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
idea
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
leaving
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
men
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From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
merchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
MIDNIGHT
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT CRUISE.
miles
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
minds
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
obstacles
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
panting
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
sand
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From this reading Then they stopped amid the sand and the shingle.
saw
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
shingle
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From this reading Then they stopped amid the sand and the shingle.
soiled
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
son
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From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then they stopped amid the sand and the shingle.
storm
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
struggled
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
surge
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
Then
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From this reading Then they stopped amid the sand and the shingle.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
torn
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
two
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From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
waves
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From this reading Exhausted and panting they still battled through the darkness and the storm, until they saw the gleam of the surge and heard the crash of the great waves upon the beach.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If ever two men were completely cowed and broken down those two were the African merchant and his son.
Wet
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From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Wet, torn, and soiled, they still struggled on in their aimless flight, crashing through hedges and clambering over obstacles, with the one idea in their frenzied minds of leaving miles between them and that fair accusing face.
