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all
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
anchors
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
battened
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From this reading The decks were cleared up, and the hatches battened down.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
binnacles
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
Blue
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
boat
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
brightly
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
burnished
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
cables
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
cleared
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From this reading The decks were cleared up, and the hatches battened down.
coiled
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
dark
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
deck
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
decks
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From this reading The decks were cleared up, and the hatches battened down.
Docks
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
down
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From this reading The decks were cleared up, and the hatches battened down.
ENGLAND
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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ENGLAND.
floated
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
fore
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
gaily
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
gold
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
GOOD-BYE
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From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ENGLAND.
hanging
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
hatchesnounUS /ˈhatches/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The decks were cleared up, and the hatches battened down.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
Indian
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
influence
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
innumerable
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
like
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
lines
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
making
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
masthead
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
out
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
overhauledverbUS /ˌoʊvərˈhɔld/
examined and changed thoroughly
From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
paid
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
Pandora
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
Peter
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
pilot
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
ranged
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
rays
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
readiness
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
ready
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
receive
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
royal
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From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
shone
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
sparkle
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
sun
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
tackles
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ENGLAND.
turbid
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
up
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From this reading The decks were cleared up, and the hatches battened down.
warps
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Blue Peter floated gaily at the fore royal masthead of the _Pandora_, and all was in readiness to receive the pilot.
waters
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From this reading The sun shone brightly on the dark, turbid waters of the Indian Docks, making the binnacles sparkle like burnished gold, under the influence of his rays.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The decks were cleared up, and the hatches battened down.
windlass
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From this reading The anchors were hanging in their tackles, the cables were overhauled over the windlass and ranged along the deck, and innumerable lines and warps were coiled down, all ready to be paid out into the boat.
