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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 HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
all
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From this reading The voyage had been a disastrous one all through.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ship had been badly strained already on the voyage out, and the repairs had been none too well done.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
AUNT
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From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
bad
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From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
badly
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From this reading The ship had been badly strained already on the voyage out, and the repairs had been none too well done.
Bahamas
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From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The voyage had been a disastrous one all through.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
best
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From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
brig
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From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
caught
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From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
disastrous
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From this reading The voyage had been a disastrous one all through.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ship had been badly strained already on the voyage out, and the repairs had been none too well done.
end
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From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
fourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
GAVE
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From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The voyage had been a disastrous one all through.
happen
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From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
HOW
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From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
hurricane
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From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
Indies
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From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
JEANNE
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From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
making
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From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading The ship had been badly strained already on the voyage out, and the repairs had been none too well done.
north
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From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The voyage had been a disastrous one all through.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
out
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From this reading The ship had been badly strained already on the voyage out, and the repairs had been none too well done.
PARTYnounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
patch
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From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
repairs
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From this reading The ship had been badly strained already on the voyage out, and the repairs had been none too well done.
return
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From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
Sarnia
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From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
seas
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From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ship had been badly strained already on the voyage out, and the repairs had been none too well done.
slowly
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From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
strained
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From this reading The ship had been badly strained already on the voyage out, and the repairs had been none too well done.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
there
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From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
things
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From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The voyage had been a disastrous one all through.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
too
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From this reading The ship had been badly strained already on the voyage out, and the repairs had been none too well done.
up
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From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
voyage
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From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW AUNT JEANNE GAVE A PARTY It was on my return from my fourth voyage--in the brig _Sarnia_--that things began to happen.
way
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From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
weather
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From this reading We had bad weather right across to the Indies, and had to patch up there as best we could.
well
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From this reading The ship had been badly strained already on the voyage out, and the repairs had been none too well done.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was when we were slowly making our way north that a hurricane, such as those seas know, caught us among the Bahamas and brought us to a sudden end.
