CHAPTER XXXV Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard. The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears. It was puzzling work. Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave. Maud held the turn on the windlass and coiled down the slack.
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From this reading “Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
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From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
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From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
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From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading Maud held the turn on the windlass and coiled down the slack.
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From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading Maud held the turn on the windlass and coiled down the slack.
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From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
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From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
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From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
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From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
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From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
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From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
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From this reading Maud held the turn on the windlass and coiled down the slack.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
a period of time or extent
From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
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From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
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From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
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From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading Maud held the turn on the windlass and coiled down the slack.
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From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Maud held the turn on the windlass and coiled down the slack.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
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From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
above and across; more than
From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
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From this reading It was puzzling work.
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From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
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From this reading Maud held the turn on the windlass and coiled down the slack.
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From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
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From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading Maud held the turn on the windlass and coiled down the slack.
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From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Next day, the mast-steps clear and everything in readiness, we started to get the two topmasts aboard.
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From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Fastening one end of a heavy tackle to the windlass, and with the other end fast to the butt of the foretopmast, I began to heave.
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From this reading It was puzzling work.
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