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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 SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
adventurers
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
all
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From this reading Mariners and all, she carried a hundred and sixty souls.
also
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
Bard
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From this reading Captain Hugh Bard was the captain—a doughty son of the sea.
boundless
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain Hugh Bard was the captain—a doughty son of the sea.
carried
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
coast
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
crowned
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
doughty
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From this reading Captain Hugh Bard was the captain—a doughty son of the sea.
drove
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From this reading The ship drove south, for the Indies’ passage.
European
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
fade
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
figurehead
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
green
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
high-pooped
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
Hugh
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From this reading Captain Hugh Bard was the captain—a doughty son of the sea.
hundred
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From this reading Mariners and all, she carried a hundred and sixty souls.
Indies
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From this reading The ship drove south, for the Indies’ passage.
island
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
lands
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
main
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
Mariners
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From this reading Mariners and all, she carried a hundred and sixty souls.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
new
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Captain Hugh Bard was the captain—a doughty son of the sea.
only
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
own
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The ship drove south, for the Indies’ passage.
ploughed
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
QUEEN
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
restless
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
sailors
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
saw
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
sea
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From this reading Captain Hugh Bard was the captain—a doughty son of the sea.
seaworthiness
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
SILVER
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
sink
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
sixty
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From this reading Mariners and all, she carried a hundred and sixty souls.
small
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
son
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From this reading Captain Hugh Bard was the captain—a doughty son of the sea.
souls
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From this reading Mariners and all, she carried a hundred and sixty souls.
south
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From this reading The ship drove south, for the Indies’ passage.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
view
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Captain Hugh Bard was the captain—a doughty son of the sea.
watched
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From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
water
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
white-sailed
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Her sailors and the adventurers for new lands whom she carried watched their own island sink from view, watched the European coast, saw it also fade, saw only the boundless, restless main.
woman
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From this reading THE SILVER QUEEN THE SILVER QUEEN, a ship neither great nor small, high-pooped, white-sailed, her figurehead a crowned woman, her name good for seaworthiness, ploughed the green water.
