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Chapter VI
ON DECK. Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more. I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck. I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land. On every hand is that circular line which defines earth and sky.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On every hand is that circular line which defines earth and sky.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.”
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From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
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From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
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From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
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From this reading On every hand is that circular line which defines earth and sky.
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From this reading ON DECK.
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From this reading On every hand is that circular line which defines earth and sky.
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From this reading I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.
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From this reading On every hand is that circular line which defines earth and sky.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.
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From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
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From this reading I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.
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From this reading On every hand is that circular line which defines earth and sky.
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From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On every hand is that circular line which defines earth and sky.
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From this reading I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
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From this reading On every hand is that circular line which defines earth and sky.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.
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From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
not any; not one
From this reading I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON DECK.
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From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
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From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
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From this reading I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.
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From this reading I gaze around me in every direction and see no sign of land.
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From this reading On every hand is that circular line which defines earth and sky.
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From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
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From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I have at last been hauled out of that stifling box and taken on deck.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Here I am in the open air, breathing freely once more.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On every hand is that circular line which defines earth and sky.
