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all
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From this reading It was my own Island of Sercq I longed for, and all that it held and meant for me.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
ample
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
away
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
boarded
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From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
bonds
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
CAME
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
end
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From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
English
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From this reading My greatest hope was to return to French and English waters in the _Josephine_.
face
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
fettered
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
French
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From this reading My greatest hope was to return to French and English waters in the _Josephine_.
furthered
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
getting
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
greatest
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From this reading My greatest hope was to return to French and English waters in the _Josephine_.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
held
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From this reading It was my own Island of Sercq I longed for, and all that it held and meant for me.
HOME
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
hope
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From this reading My greatest hope was to return to French and English waters in the _Josephine_.
HOW
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
improved
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
island
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
JOSEPHINE
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
kept
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
longed
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From this reading It was my own Island of Sercq I longed for, and all that it held and meant for me.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
looking
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
Martinique
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
means
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From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
meant
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From this reading It was my own Island of Sercq I longed for, and all that it held and meant for me.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
new
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
own
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From this reading It was my own Island of Sercq I longed for, and all that it held and meant for me.
perhaps
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
pressed
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From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
promptly
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From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
prospects
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
rather
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
return
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From this reading My greatest hope was to return to French and English waters in the _Josephine_.
Sercq
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From this reading It was my own Island of Sercq I longed for, and all that it held and meant for me.
service
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From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
slipped
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
some
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From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
tighter
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
wanted
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From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
ward
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My greatest hope was to return to French and English waters in the _Josephine_.
watch
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From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
waters
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From this reading My greatest hope was to return to French and English waters in the _Josephine_.
way
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From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading For in the end I must have boarded some English ship and been promptly pressed into the service, and that was by no means what I wanted.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading HOW THE _JOSEPHINE_ CAME HOME I had ample time to look my prospects in the face while we kept watch and ward on Martinique, and no amount of looking improved them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I could perhaps have slipped away into the island, but that would in no way have furthered my getting home, rather would it have fettered me with new and tighter bonds.
