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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 The sea was rippling like the bottom of a woven grassrope chair.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
air
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
Aragon
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
armor
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
balmy
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
beautiful
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From this reading Yes perhaps there would be women, beautiful savages of manifold charms.
boats
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
bottom
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From this reading The sea was rippling like the bottom of a woven grassrope chair.
Castile
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
chair
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From this reading The sea was rippling like the bottom of a woven grassrope chair.
chance
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
charms
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From this reading Yes perhaps there would be women, beautiful savages of manifold charms.
commanders
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
dietnounUS /ˈdiet/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
escape
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
finest
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
fresh
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
fruit
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
grassrope
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From this reading The sea was rippling like the bottom of a woven grassrope chair.
greedily
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
green
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
like
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From this reading The sea was rippling like the bottom of a woven grassrope chair.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
made
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
manifold
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From this reading Yes perhaps there would be women, beautiful savages of manifold charms.
meager
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
meanwhilenounUS /ˈmeanwhile/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
meat
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
men
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
milk
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
monotonous
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
months
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
Mundo
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From this reading Nuevo Mundo! shouted the sailors.
new
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From this reading A new world!
Nuevo
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From this reading Nuevo Mundo! shouted the sailors.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sea was rippling like the bottom of a woven grassrope chair.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
ordered
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
out
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
perhaps
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From this reading Yes perhaps there would be women, beautiful savages of manifold charms.
putting
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
ready
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
rippling
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From this reading The sea was rippling like the bottom of a woven grassrope chair.
royal
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
sailors
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From this reading Nuevo Mundo! shouted the sailors.
satins
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
savages
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From this reading Yes perhaps there would be women, beautiful savages of manifold charms.
sea
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From this reading The sea was rippling like the bottom of a woven grassrope chair.
seeing
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
shore
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nuevo Mundo! shouted the sailors.
standards
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
taken
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
Taking
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
talking
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nuevo Mundo! shouted the sailors.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
there
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From this reading Yes perhaps there would be women, beautiful savages of manifold charms.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
two
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
walk
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sea was rippling like the bottom of a woven grassrope chair.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
women
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From this reading Taking out their finest satins and putting on new armor the commanders of the little party ordered boats to be made ready and the royal standards of Aragon and Castile to be taken into men meanwhile feeling the balmy air and seeing green and a shore for the first time in two months were greedily talking of fresh fruit--after their monotonous and meager diet of meat--of milk, of a chance to walk free in the air, to escape their commanders, and of women.
world
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From this reading A new world!
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Yes perhaps there would be women, beautiful savages of manifold charms.
woven
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From this reading The sea was rippling like the bottom of a woven grassrope chair.
Yes
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From this reading Yes perhaps there would be women, beautiful savages of manifold charms.
