Chapter XXXIII
“It’s too bad the _Ghost_ has lost her masts. Why we could sail away in her. Don’t you think we could, Humphrey?” I sprang excitedly to my feet. “I wonder, I wonder,” I repeated, pacing up and down.
The Sea-Wolf
Chapter XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV “It’s too bad the _Ghost_ has lost her masts.
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“It’s
too
bad
the
_Ghost_
has
lost
her
masts.
Why
we
could
sail
away
in
her.
Don’t
you
think
we
could,
Humphrey?”
I
sprang
excitedly
to
my
feet.
“I
wonder,
I
wonder,”
I
repeated,
pacing
up
and
down.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“It’s
too
bad
the
_Ghost_
has
lost
her
masts.
Line 2
Why
we
could
sail
away
in
her.
Line 3
Don’t
you
think
we
could,
Humphrey?”
Line 4
I
sprang
excitedly
to
my
feet.
Line 5
“I
wonder,
I
wonder,”
I
repeated,
pacing
up
and
down.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
ghost
noun
US /ɡoʊst/
a mental representation of some haunting experience
Collocations
It sA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
s tooA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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away
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bad
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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
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Don't
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down
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excitedly
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From this reading I sprang excitedly to my feet.
feet
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GhostnounUS /ɡoʊst/
a mental representation of some haunting experience
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hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It’s too bad the _Ghost_ has lost her masts.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
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Humphrey
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I sprang excitedly to my feet.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Why we could sail away in her.
It's
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lost
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masts
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I sprang excitedly to my feet.
pacing
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repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I wonder, I wonder,” I repeated, pacing up and down.
sailnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why we could sail away in her.
sprang
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don’t you think we could, Humphrey?”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I sprang excitedly to my feet.
too
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up
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wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Why we could sail away in her.
Why
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wonder
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youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Don’t you think we could, Humphrey?”
Chapter Quiz
What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Chapter 33?
Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?
According to the text: "CHAPTER XXXIV...", what tone does the author establish?
Shadowing Practice
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CHAPTER XXXIV
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