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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 Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
ahead
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
Astern
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
away
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banged
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From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
blue
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
blur
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
bows
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From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
canvas
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coldly
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
crawled
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From this reading At times a wandering zephyr crisped it with a darker smear, and the _Tyee_ crawled ahead a little.
crept
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crisped
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From this reading At times a wandering zephyr crisped it with a darker smear, and the _Tyee_ crawled ahead a little.
cut
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
darker
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From this reading At times a wandering zephyr crisped it with a darker smear, and the _Tyee_ crawled ahead a little.
days
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From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
dew-wet
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dimmed
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
drifting
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
faint
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
forests
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
frosted
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
glassily
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
heaving
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From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
high
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
Island
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At times a wandering zephyr crisped it with a darker smear, and the _Tyee_ crawled ahead a little.
Jimmy
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joined
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From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At times a wandering zephyr crisped it with a darker smear, and the _Tyee_ crawled ahead a little.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
misty
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
narrow
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From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
oily
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From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
Olympians
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
out
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Pacific
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pines
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
rattled
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From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
ridge
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
roll
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From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
rose
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
sea
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
serrated
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
shore
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
silver
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
sky
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
slatting
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slipped
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From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
smear
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From this reading At times a wandering zephyr crisped it with a darker smear, and the _Tyee_ crawled ahead a little.
starboard
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
swell
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
swung
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
Then
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From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
times
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From this reading At times a wandering zephyr crisped it with a darker smear, and the _Tyee_ crawled ahead a little.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
towered
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
Two
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Tyee
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Vancouver
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
vapors
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From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
wandering
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From this reading At times a wandering zephyr crisped it with a darker smear, and the _Tyee_ crawled ahead a little.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
Washington
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
waters
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From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To starboard the shore of Vancouver Island rose, a faint blur of misty pines, and ahead the sea was dimmed by drifting vapors out of which the long swell swung glassily.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Then she stopped again, heaving her bows high out of the oily sea, while everything in her banged and rattled.
white
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From this reading Astern of her the Olympians towered high above the forests of Washington, a great serrated ridge of frosted silver that cut coldly white against the blue of the morning sky.
WINDWARDnounUS /ˈwindward/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading TO WINDWARD Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the _Tyee_, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.
zephyr
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From this reading At times a wandering zephyr crisped it with a darker smear, and the _Tyee_ crawled ahead a little.
