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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 by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
Author
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
bored
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From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
boys
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From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
Bull
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
China
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From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
coasting
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From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
contemplation
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From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The miracle continued.
daring
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From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
days
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From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
devilish
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From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
down
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From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
empty
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etc
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
expected
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fifty-footer
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From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
Grist
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
hand
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harbor
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
LEINSTER
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
like
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
mangrove
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
miracle
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From this reading The miracle continued.
miraculously
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
most
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From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
much
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From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
MURRAY
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
native
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From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
opening
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
other
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From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
promising
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From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
QuitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
reckless
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From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
river
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
Sagebrush
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
sea
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From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
Shikar
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From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
Slings
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
slow
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From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
swamps
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
tacked
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From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
there
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From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
things
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From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
three
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From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
totally
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From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
tub
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From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
two
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unexciting
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From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
unvaried
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From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
very
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From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading So we on the _Shikar_--most promising name for a devilish slow and unexciting tub--tacked in.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were three of us and two native boys and we thought we were being very daring and reckless, coasting down the China Sea in a fifty-footer.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading by MURRAY LEINSTER Author of “Sagebrush Slings the Bull,” “Grist,” etc. Quite miraculously, there was an opening in the mangrove swamps and what looked like a river or harbor beyond.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Such things are not to be expected when you have been very much bored by two days of unvaried contemplation of mangrove swamps on the one hand, and totally empty sea on the other.
