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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 “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
action
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
aid
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
all
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
arranged
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
awork
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
bounded
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
bowels
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
BROWN
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
came
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
cap
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From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
CAPTAINnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
careful
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
chill
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
companion
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
corpse
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
creeping
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
deadly
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
deck
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
dread
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
earnest
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
fact
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
Frank
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
full
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
gathering-up
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
gear
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
God
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From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
handful
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
heart
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
immediate
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
immense
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
lean
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
men
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
moment
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
murmured
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From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
now
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
numbness
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
once
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
pressing
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
released
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
remembered
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From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
removing
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From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
responsibility
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
round
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
rush
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
sailnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
sails
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
sense
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
shorten
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
shouting
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
speechless
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
spilling
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
sympathy
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
task
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
then
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From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
there
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From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
touch
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
tremendous
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
up
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From this reading Then, released at once from the numbness that the touch of the corpse had brought upon him, he bounded up the companion to the deck, shouting, “All hands shorten sail.”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was then that, for the first time in his life that he ever remembered, he murmured, removing his cap, “God help me!”
way
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But with a rush there came to him the full sense of his responsibility, the pressing need for immediate action, and the fact that he had now no one upon whom to lean.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
work
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From this reading It was a tremendous task for the handful of men, but each one was good and earnest in his work, and besides, the careful way in which the “spilling” or gathering-up gear of the sails had been arranged was an immense aid to them.
young
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From this reading “CAPTAIN” BROWN For a moment Frank stood speechless with that deadly chill creeping round his young heart, and his bowels all awork with dread and sympathy.
