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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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All
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
boats
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bon
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
chart
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confidencenounUS /ˈconfidence/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
console
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From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
CONSTABLE
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coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
days
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
DEAR
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deck
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
EachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
easy
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
Edinburgh
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fall
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
feel
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From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
few
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
founder
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
Frank
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
full
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
give
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
happiness
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
high
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how
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
intrusion
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From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
lay
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
like
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
log
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
loving
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
Majesty
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many
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
MAUDE
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
oars
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
ocean
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
ones
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
other
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
out
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outset
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
own
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
pages
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
peace
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
petty
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
Printers
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
privacy
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From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
private
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
put
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ready
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
repaid
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From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
rocks
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
sandbanks
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
seem
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
serious
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
show
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
some
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
starts
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
storm
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
storm-tossed
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From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
storms
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
T
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
then
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From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
there
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
toil
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
turn
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From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
two-oared
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uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
very
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From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
voyage
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
way
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From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading May all your voyage be like the outset, and when at last the oars fall from your hands, and those of Frank, may other loving ones be ready to take their turn of toil—and so, _bon voyage_!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty DEAR MAUDE,—All the little two-oared boats which put out into the great ocean have need of some chart which will show them how to lay their course.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Each starts full of happiness and confidence, and yet we know how many founder, for it is no easy voyage, and there are rocks and sandbanks upon the way.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If your peace should help another to peace, or your storm console another who is storm-tossed, then I know that you will feel repaid for this intrusion upon your privacy.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading So I give a few pages of your own private log, which tell of days of peace, and days of storm—such storms as seem very petty from the deck of a high ship, but are serious for the two-oared boats.
