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aboard
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From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
ain't
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
always
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I know he hasn’t,” I answered.
approval
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From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
beamed
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From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
bite
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From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
brief
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From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
changed
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
clean
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From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
days
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From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
dinner
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From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
door
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From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
flatter
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From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
forecastlenounUS /ˈforecastle/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
Frisco
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
galley
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From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
grease
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
grub
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
Harrison
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From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
hasn't
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From this reading “I know he hasn’t,” I answered.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
Larsen's
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From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
lasted
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From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
Mugridge's
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From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
own
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From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
pans
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From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
pots
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From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
reckon
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
régime
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From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
said
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From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
sailors
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From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
satisfaction
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From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
shirt
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
Somehow
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
stale
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
tastes
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
Thomas
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From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
threenounUS /θriː/
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “The first clean bite since I come aboard,” Harrison said to me at the galley door, as he returned the dinner pots and pans from the forecastle.
Tommy's
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From this reading “Somehow Tommy’s grub always tastes of grease, stale grease, and I reckon he ain’t changed his shirt since he left ’Frisco.”
too
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From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
well
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From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
Wolf
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From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
won
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From this reading I know that it won Wolf Larsen’s approval, while the sailors beamed with satisfaction during the brief time my _régime_ lasted.
work
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From this reading For three days I did my own work and Thomas Mugridge’s too; and I flatter myself that I did his work well.
