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8th
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
all
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
arrived
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
Ayrton
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
bears
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From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
betrayed
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From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
called
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
cause
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From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
colonists
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From this reading The colonists looked at each other, then at the engineer.
companions
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
corral
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
Cyrus
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
danger
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
day
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
deliver
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
depth
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From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
destruction
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From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
doomed
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From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The colonists looked at each other, then at the engineer.
earth
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From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
emotion
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From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
endure
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From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
endures
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From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
engineer
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
friends
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From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
Granite
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
Harding
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
House
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
human
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
immediately
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
imminent
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
informed
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
Island
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
January
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
less
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From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
Lincoln
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The colonists looked at each other, then at the engineer.
more
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From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
night
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From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
other
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From this reading The colonists looked at each other, then at the engineer.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
power
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
said
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From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
speedy
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From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
then
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From this reading The colonists looked at each other, then at the engineer.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
threatened
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
together
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From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
voice
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From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The next day, the 8th day of January, after a day and night passed at the corral, where they left all in order, Cyrus Harding and Ayrton arrived at Granite House.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The engineer immediately called his companions together, and informed them of the imminent danger which threatened Lincoln Island, and from which no human power could deliver them.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “My friends,” he said, and his voice betrayed the depth of his emotion, “our island is not among those which will endure while this earth endures.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading It is doomed to more or less speedy destruction, the cause of which it bears within itself, and from which nothing can save it.”
