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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 AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
alongside
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
apparently
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
artificers
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
Austin
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
AUSTIN'S
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
awning
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
bluejackets
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
bridge
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
busy
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
came
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
canvas
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From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
chair
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From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
clinking
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
commander
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From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
cooler
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From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
Cumbria
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
damp
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From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
deck
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
donkey-man
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
engine
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
faces
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
fell
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
flooring
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
forecastlenounUS /ˈforecastle/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
frugal
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
gone
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
gunboat's
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From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
handful
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
hour
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
hung
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
immaculately
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From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
Jefferson
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
laid
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
lamp
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
lay
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
light
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
lighted
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
meal
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
meeting
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
men
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
men's
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
mess-rooms
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From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
mildew
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From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
naval
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
navy
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
neat
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From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
opposite
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From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
out
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
pinnace
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
reeked
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From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
remnants
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
room
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
rose
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
round
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
s
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
sat
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
sharp
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
sleep
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
slightly
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From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
spars
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
surgeon
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From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
table
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
talking
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From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
there
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From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
TOAST
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
Tom
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
two
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From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
up
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From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
very
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From this reading A lamp hung from one of the awning spars above them, and its light fell upon the men's faces and the remnants of the very frugal meal.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading AUSTIN'S TOAST An hour had passed since their first meeting, when Austin, Jefferson, and two navy men sat round a little table that had been laid out upon the _Cumbria_'s bridge deck.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The gunboat's surgeon, who had been round the forecastle, was talking to Austin, while her commander lay opposite Jefferson, immaculately neat, in a canvas chair.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The handful of bluejackets who came up in her had apparently gone to sleep beneath an awning on the flooring of the pinnace, which lay alongside, but a sharp clinking rose from the lighted engine room, where a couple of naval artificers were busy with Tom, the donkey-man.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was slightly cooler there than it was below, besides which the mess-rooms reeked with damp and mildew.
