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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A DWINDLING ISLAND.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
Amos
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From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
aroused
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From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
blaze
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
boat
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From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
Catinat
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From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
cave
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
crystals
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
dazzling
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
De
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From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
DWINDLING
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From this reading A DWINDLING ISLAND.
feet
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From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
flashed
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
glimmering
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
gold
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
Green
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From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
grotto
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
grouped
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From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
hand
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From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
heavily
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From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
horizon
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
ice
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
ISLAND
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From this reading A DWINDLING ISLAND.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
just
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
labours
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From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
light
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
lightest
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
night
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From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
orange
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
pink
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
pushed
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
rays
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
red
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
rich
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
rim
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
scarlet
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
sea
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
shoulder
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From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
sky
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
slumbering
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From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
sparkling
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
springing
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From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
sun
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
survivors
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From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
tingeing
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
upturned
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From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
warm
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Amos Green was aroused in the morning by a hand upon his shoulder, and springing to his feet, found De Catinat standing beside him.
water-line
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The survivors of the crew were grouped about the upturned boat, slumbering heavily after their labours of the night.
whole
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From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The first rays flashed directly into their cave, sparkling and glimmering upon the ice crystals and tingeing the whole grotto with a rich warm light.
zenith
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From this reading The red rim of the sun had just pushed itself above the water-line, and sky and sea were one blaze of scarlet and orange from the dazzling gold of the horizon to the lightest pink at the zenith.
