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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 DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
ARGUMENTnounUS /ˈɑːrɡjəmənt/
a reason or example used to support an idea
From this reading ARGUMENT.
ashore
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
assists
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
builds
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From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
CALYPSO
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
command
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
complains
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
consents
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From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
councilnounUS /council/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
danger
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
death
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
DEPARTURE
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
described
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From this reading The seat of Calypso described.
detention
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
difficulty
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From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
embarks
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From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
gets
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
gods
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
innumerable
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
Island
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
Lencothea
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
Mercury
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
much
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From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
Neptune
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
overtakes
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
own
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From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
Pallas
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
perils
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
Phæacia
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
removal
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
sea-goddess
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
seat
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From this reading The seat of Calypso described.
sent
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
shipwreckednounUS /ˈshipwrecked/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
tempest
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From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Neptune overtakes him with a terrible tempest, in which he is shipwrecked, and in the last danger of death; till Lencothea, a sea-goddess, assists him, and, after innumerable perils, he gets ashore on Phæacia.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
ULYSSES
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
vessel
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From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
whereupon
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From this reading THE DEPARTURE OF ULYSSES FROM CALYPSO Pallas in a council of the gods complains of the detention of Ulysses in the Island of Calypso: whereupon Mercury is sent to command his removal.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She consents with much difficulty; and Ulysses builds a vessel with his own hands, in which he embarks.
