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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 tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
adolescence
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
aimed
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
altitudes
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
angry
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
away
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
B
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
beam
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
become
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
behold
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
bellows
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
beloved
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
Bhosh
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
Bindabun
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
BitterlyadverbUS /ˈbɪtərli/
in a way that shows deep pain or grief
From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
Black
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
boil
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
Brobdingnagian
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
Burst
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
CALCUTTA
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
CAMBRIDGE
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
celestial
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
Chunder
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
cordage
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
crests
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
Davey
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
deep
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
dog
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
drop
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
end
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
entire
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
erected
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
expectingverbUS /ɪkˈspektɪŋ/
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
Far
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
flare
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
flower
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
fuliginous
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
fury
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
gale
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
ghastly
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
H
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
hard
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
heaving
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
hourly
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
howled
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
illuminated
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
incredible
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
initiated
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
J
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
jerks
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
Jones's
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
lament
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
lightning
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
like
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
lines
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
locker
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
lost
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
lurched
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
moment
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
Mr
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
much
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
native
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
neighbourhood
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
Neptune
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
O
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
Ocean's
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
off
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
only
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
out
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
overhead
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
OVERSEA
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
overtaken
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
passengers
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
paucity
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
perpendicular
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
pointed
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
poop
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
prostrated
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
recesses
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
recumbent
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
regions
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
relations
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
Rohilkund
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
ROUTE
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
rumbled
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
sea
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
SecretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
seething
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
severe
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
ship's
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
sickishness
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From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
snipped
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
soil
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
Stanza
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
stomach
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
storm-clouds
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
stoutest
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
tempest
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
terrific
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
too
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
unpublished
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
vasty
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
venturing
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
visages
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At one moment her poop was pointed towards celestial regions; at another it aimed itself at the recesses of Davey Jones's locker; and such was the fury of the gale that only a paucity of the ship's passengers remained perpendicular, and Mr Chunder Bindabun Bhosh was recumbent on his beam end, prostrated by severe sickishness, and hourly expecting to become initiated in the Great Secret.
Water
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From this reading Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations!
waterworks
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From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
waves
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest stomach jerks, Far, far away from native soil, When Ocean's heaving waterworks Burst out in Brobdingnagian boil!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
Williams
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From this reading The tempest howled like a lost dog through the cordage of the good ship _Rohilkund_ (Captain O. Williams), which lurched through the vasty deep as though overtaken by the drop too much.
written
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From this reading _Stanza written at Sea, by H. B. J. (unpublished)._ The waves of Neptune erected their seething and angry crests to incredible altitudes; overhead in fuliginous storm-clouds the thunder rumbled its terrific bellows, and from time to time the ghastly flare of lightning illuminated the entire neighbourhood.
