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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 night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
air
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
anxious
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From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
barbette-ships
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
breathless
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From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
brief
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
chimed
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
Church
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
Cizoi
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
clocks
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
Coastguard
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
containing
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
created
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
crowd
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
Daily
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
dark
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
Donna
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
DOOM
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From this reading THE DOOM OF HULL.
down
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
drab
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
edition
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
evening
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
excitement
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From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
extra-special
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
filled
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
follows
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
force
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
forty-eight
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From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
hour
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
hours
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From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
hove
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
HULL
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From this reading THE DOOM OF HULL.
Humber
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
including
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
issue
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
just
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
large
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
making
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
most
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
News
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
night
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
Nook
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DOOM OF HULL.
old
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
oppressive
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
overcast
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
pale-faced
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
panic
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
paper
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
Pier
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
precursory
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
report
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
Russian
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
Sevastopol
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
shops
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
sight
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
Sinope
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
sky
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
stillness
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
storm
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
streets
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
strong
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
sultry
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
surging
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
suspense
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From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
telegram
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
ten
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
terror-stricken
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DOOM OF HULL.
there
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From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
thoroughfares
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
town
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
turret-ship
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
type
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
Veliky
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
vessels
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
Victoria
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
war
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From this reading A panic had suddenly been created an hour before by the issue of an extra-special edition of the Hull evening paper, the _Daily News_, containing a brief telegram in large type, as follows:-- The Coastguard at Donna Nook report that a strong force of Russian war vessels, including the turret-ship _Sevastopol_ and the barbette-ships _Sinope_ and _Cizoi Veliky_, have just hove in sight and are making for the Humber.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The night was dark, the sky overcast, and there was in the air that oppressive sultry stillness precursory of a storm.
weary
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From this reading In Hull forty-eight long weary hours of anxious suspense and breathless excitement had passed.
well-lighted
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
Yorkshire
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From this reading Church clocks had chimed ten, yet most of the shops were still open, and the well-lighted streets of the drab old Yorkshire town were filled by a pale-faced, terror-stricken crowd surging down the thoroughfares towards the Victoria Pier.
