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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 They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
big
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
blood-ends
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
blue
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From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
boat's
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
bottom
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From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
breakfast
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From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
breathed
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From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
cleaned
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
clear
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From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
clears
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From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
coal
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
collected
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
cook
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
crept
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From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
day
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From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
dish
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
dories
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From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
down
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
elder
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
emptied
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
eye
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From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
filled
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
fish
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
fishing
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
foc'sle
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
fore-hold
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
forty-fathom
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From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
fragments
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
full
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From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
Harvey
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From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
heart
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From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
investigated
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
juicy
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
lamps
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
lungs
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From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
meal
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
mess
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
midday
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
mild
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From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
More
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From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
night
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From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
out
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
overnight
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
pans
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
perfect
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From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
plates
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
pork
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
ravening
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From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
sails
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From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
schooners
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From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
seas
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From this reading More schooners had crept up in the night, and the long blue seas were full of sails and dories.
sends
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From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
sliced
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
slumber
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From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
soft
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From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
soul
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From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
stacked
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
stores
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
swabbed
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
tin
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From this reading They emptied a big tin dish of juicy fragments of fish--the blood-ends the cook had collected overnight.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
up
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
very
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From this reading It was another perfect day--soft, mild, and clear; and Harvey breathed to the very bottom of his lungs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
water
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From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading They cleaned up the plates and pans of the elder mess, who were out fishing, sliced pork for the midday meal, swabbed down the foc'sle, filled the lamps, drew coal and water for the cook, and investigated the fore-hold, where the boat's stores were stacked.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.
