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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 One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
air
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
artist
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
attitude
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
awkwardness
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
beach
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
Boscastle
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
came
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
caves
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
conviction
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
cove
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
desiring
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
disconcerted
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
distressnounUS /dɪˈstrɛs/
extreme sadness or suffering
From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
down
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
examine
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
eyes
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From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
face
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From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
footfall
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From this reading He glanced round at Isbister’s footfall.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
glanced
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From this reading He glanced round at Isbister’s footfall.
Halfway
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
hot
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
hung
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From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
involuntary
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
Isbister
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
Isbister's
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From this reading He glanced round at Isbister’s footfall.
knees
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From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
limply
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From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
lodging
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
low
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
man
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
mass
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
mature
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
men
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
more
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
Mr
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
override
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
path
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
pause
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
Pentargen
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
picturesque
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
place
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
precipitous
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
profound
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
projecting
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
red
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From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
remarked
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
rock
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
round
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From this reading He glanced round at Isbister’s footfall.
sitting
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From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
staring
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From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
tears
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From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
there
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Halfway down the precipitous path to the Pentargen beach he came suddenly upon a man sitting in an attitude of profound distress beneath a projecting mass of rock.
walked
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
water
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
weather
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
wet
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From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The hands of this man hung limply over his knees, his eyes were red and staring before him, and his face was wet with tears.
year
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From this reading Both men were disconcerted, Isbister the more so, and, to override the awkwardness of his involuntary pause, he remarked, with an air of mature conviction, that the weather was hot for the time of year.
young
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From this reading One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there.
