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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 MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Ready?" asked the elder of the two men.
bald
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
band
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
barrier
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
blazing
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From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
blue
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From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
brown
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From this reading Two white men and a menacing crowd of brown ones.
ceaseless
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
chafed
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
cocoa-palms
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
crowd
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From this reading Two white men and a menacing crowd of brown ones.
dark
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
elder
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From this reading "Ready?" asked the elder of the two men.
farther
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
gaps
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
girdle
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
gleaming
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
greenery
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
hungry
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
Island
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
lagoon
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
like
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
MAN
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From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
MAN'S
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From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
mantled
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
men
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From this reading Two white men and a menacing crowd of brown ones.
menacing
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From this reading Two white men and a menacing crowd of brown ones.
mighty
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
mirror
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
mountain
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
narrow
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
ones
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From this reading Two white men and a menacing crowd of brown ones.
out
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
peak
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
Ready
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From this reading "Ready?" asked the elder of the two men.
reef
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
roarednounUS /roared/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
round
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
ruffled
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
sand
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
sat
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
sea
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
seamed
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
sides
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
sky
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From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
smooth
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
summit
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
sun
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From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
there
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From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
tufted
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
Two
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From this reading Two white men and a menacing crowd of brown ones.
Unflecked
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From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
waist
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
water
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A smooth, dark, ruffled mirror of lagoon; and farther out, with gaps here and there, a barrier reef on which the hungry sea chafed and roared in ceaseless thunder.
white
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From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE MAN'S MAN Unflecked blue sky above, with a blazing white sun in it.
woman's
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From this reading A mighty mountain peak, with bald summit, seamed sides mantled with greenery, and round its waist, where it sat in the water, a narrow band of gleaming white sand and tufted cocoa-palms, like an Island woman's girdle.
