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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 By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
ARREST
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
CAPTAINnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
cockpit
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From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
cottage
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
day
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From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
daybreak
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From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
down
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From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
evening
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
eventful
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From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
friendly
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
get
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From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
heavily
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From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
Hughes
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
hung
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From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
inclined
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
interest
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From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
irritability
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
jersey
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
liveliest
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From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
manifested
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
Mullen
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From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
nightfall
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From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
o'clock
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
once
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
only
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
patience
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From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
possess
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From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
preconcerted
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
previous
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
recall
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
recurrence
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
red
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
reply
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
saw
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
seen
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From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
SHANNON
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
ship's
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
shipping
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From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
side
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
signalled
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
Six
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
slung
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
soul
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From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
steps
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From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
talkative
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
Thames
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From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
then
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From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
there
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From this reading He was inclined to be friendly, even talkative, and only once was there a recurrence of the irritability he had manifested on the previous evening.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading From then until nightfall I had to possess my soul in patience, and never in my life has time hung so heavily on my hands as on that eventful day.
up
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From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
upper
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
vessel
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From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
view
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From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
watching
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From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
waterway
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From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
window
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From this reading THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON Six o’clock next morning saw the red jersey, which was to recall Hughes, slung over the ship’s side, and the preconcerted reply signalled from the upper window of the cottage.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mullen, who had been up since daybreak, was watching the shipping with the liveliest interest.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading By standing on the steps of the cockpit he could, without being seen himself, get a distant view of every vessel that passed up or down the great waterway of the Thames.
