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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 As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then another cry rang out.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
astern
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
blanched
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
bundlenounUS /ˈbʌndəl/
a group of things tied or wrapped together
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
CABIN
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From this reading THE SEALED UP CABIN "Man overboard!"
child
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
clasped
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
clothing
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
cries
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From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
cry
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From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
face
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
fact
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
fallen
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
girl
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
happening
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From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
leaving
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
like
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
literally
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From this reading It was literally as well as vocally a man overboard this time--a real man.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
Man
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From this reading THE SEALED UP CABIN "Man overboard!"
matter
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
mouth
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From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
now
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
nurse
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
ocean
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
out
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From this reading Then another cry rang out.
overboardadverbUS /ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/
from a ship into the water
From this reading THE SEALED UP CABIN "Man overboard!"
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
rang
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From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
rapidly
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
real
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From this reading It was literally as well as vocally a man overboard this time--a real man.
SEALEDadjectiveUS /siːld/
closed and kept secret in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading THE SEALED UP CABIN "Man overboard!"
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
sort
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From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
surface
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SEALED UP CABIN "Man overboard!"
then
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From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was literally as well as vocally a man overboard this time--a real man.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was literally as well as vocally a man overboard this time--a real man.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
UP
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From this reading THE SEALED UP CABIN "Man overboard!"
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
vessel
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
vocally
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From this reading It was literally as well as vocally a man overboard this time--a real man.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
watching
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From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
well
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From this reading It was literally as well as vocally a man overboard this time--a real man.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As a matter of fact it was a girl--a child--who had fallen overboard, and the nurse was standing with blanched face and clasped hands, watching what looked like a bundle of clothing on the surface of the ocean, which bundle the vessel was now rapidly leaving astern.
witnessed
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From this reading The cry rang through the ship--as cries of that sort do--first uttered by the man who witnessed the happening, and then passed from mouth to mouth.
