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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 second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
action
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
aerolites
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From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
aimed
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
all
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From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
any
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From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
apes
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From this reading “Are they apes?” cried Ned Land.
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are they apes?” cried Ned Land.
arose
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From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
attack
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From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
CAPTAINnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
carefully
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
completing
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
Conseil
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From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
Conseil's
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Are they apes?” cried Ned Land.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
edge
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
fall
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From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
forest
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
gave
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
guns
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From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
hand
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
Land
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From this reading “Are they apes?” cried Ned Land.
Land's
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
leg
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
made
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
merit
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From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
more
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
mouth
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
Ned
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
NEMO'S
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
observationnounUS /ˈobservation/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
office
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
pigeon's
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
putting
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
ready
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From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
remarked
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From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
reply
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From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
rising
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
savoury
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
second
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
shouldered
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From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
sky
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From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
stone
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
Stones
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From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
stopping
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
three
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From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
THUNDERBOLT
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From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
weight
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From this reading A second stone, carefully aimed, that made a savoury pigeon’s leg fall from Conseil’s hand, gave still more weight to his observation.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We all three arose, shouldered our guns, and were ready to reply to any attack.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT We looked at the edge of the forest without rising, my hand stopping in the action of putting it to my mouth, Ned Land’s completing its office.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Stones do not fall from the sky,” remarked Conseil, “or they would merit the name aerolites.”
