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21
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
30
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
anchor
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
anchored
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
approaching
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
ARABIANnounUS /əˈreɪbiən/
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
Bedouins
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From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
bringing
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From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
buildings
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
cabins
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From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
clearly
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
coast
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
counting-house
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From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
distinguished
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
Djeddah
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From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
draught
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Egypt
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From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
enough
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
evening
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
floated
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
full
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From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
horizon
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From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
houses
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From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
important
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From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
India
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From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
inhabited
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From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
lat
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
low
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From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
made
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From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
most
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From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
N
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
Nautilus
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
obliged
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
out
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From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
OutsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
quarter
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From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
quays
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
rather
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From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
reeds
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From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
roads
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
saw
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From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
sea
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
showed
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From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
some
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From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
sun
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From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
surface
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
Syria
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From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
town
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From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
TUNNEL
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From this reading THE ARABIAN TUNNEL That same evening, in 21° 30′ N. lat., the _Nautilus_ floated on the surface of the sea, approaching the Arabian coast.
Turkey
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From this reading I saw Djeddah, the most important counting-house of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and India.
vessels
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
water
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From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
whiteness
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From this reading The sun, rather low on the horizon, struck full on the houses of the town, bringing out their whiteness.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading I distinguished clearly enough its buildings, the vessels anchored at the quays, and those whose draught of water obliged them to anchor in the roads.
wooden
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From this reading Outside, some wooden cabins, and some made of reeds, showed the quarter inhabited by the Bedouins.
