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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 captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
all
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
arrive
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From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
ate
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
barque
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From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
believed
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From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
bite
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
blew
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
captainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
Channel
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From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
clipper
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
CONCLUSION
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From this reading CONCLUSION.
conformity
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
days
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From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
Dutchman
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From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
English
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From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
exquisite
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
extraordinarily
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From this reading Our passage home was extraordinarily long.
favourable
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
Flying
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From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
fresh
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
home
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From this reading Our passage home was extraordinarily long.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
iron
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
island
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From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
keel
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
latitudenounUS /ˈlætəˌtuːd/
distance north or south of the equator
From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our passage home was extraordinarily long.
made
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From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
moulded
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our passage home was extraordinarily long.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Our passage home was extraordinarily long.
powerful
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
sailing
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
seventy-five
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From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
spell
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From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
steamer
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
swiftness
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
swore
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From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
theories
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From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The captain thought himself under a spell, and swore that he believed his barque was to be made a ‘Flying Dutchman’ of.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
volcanic
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From this reading It took us seventy-five days to arrive at the English Channel from the latitude of the volcanic island.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our passage home was extraordinarily long.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet she was a clipper keel, moulded in exquisite conformity with all theories of swiftness in sailing, and when a fresh and favourable wind blew she ate through it as though with the iron bite of a powerful steamer.
