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Chapter III
ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs? CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow. All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch. Ay gat heave line to dat fallar. [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?”
in the direction of
From this reading “[He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.”
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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 [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
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From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
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From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
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From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
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From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
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From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
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From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
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From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
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From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
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From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
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From this reading Ay gat heave line to dat fallar.
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From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
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From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
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From this reading Ay gat heave line to dat fallar.
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From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
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From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
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From this reading Ay gat heave line to dat fallar.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
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From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
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From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
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From this reading Ay gat heave line to dat fallar.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
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From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
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From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
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From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
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From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
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From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
in the direction of
From this reading [He picks up a coil of rope and hurries off toward the bow.
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From this reading CHRIS--[Hurriedly.] Ay go up bow.
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From this reading All hands asleep 'cepting fallar on vatch.
in or at the place that
From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
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From this reading ANNA--[Half to herself--resentfully.] Why don't that guy stay where he belongs?
