Chapter I
_the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
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Chapter I
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_the
sailor
men_
_That
sail
upon
the
seas_,
_To
fight
the
Wars
and
keep
the
Laws_,
_And
live
on
yellow_
peas’
‘A
Gunroom
Ditty-Box.’
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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_the
sailor
men_
_That
sail
upon
the
seas_,
_To
fight
the
Wars
and
keep
the
Laws_,
_And
live
on
yellow_
peas’
‘A
Gunroom
Ditty-Box.’
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Sail
noun
US /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’”
Upon
preposition
US /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “_the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’”
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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 sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
Ditty-Box
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
fight
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
Gunroom
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
keep
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
Laws
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
live
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
men
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
peas
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
sailnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
sailor
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
seas
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
Wars
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’
yellow
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From this reading _the sailor men_ _That sail upon the seas_, _To fight the Wars and keep the Laws_, _And live on yellow_ peas’ ‘A Gunroom Ditty-Box.’