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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 As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
afflicted
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From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
ALL
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From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
artisans
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
beings
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
brushed
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
bustlenounUS /ˈbʌsəl/
busy and excited activity
From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
channel
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
continually
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
country's
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
crowded
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
day
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From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
day's
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
disturbing
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From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
down
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
dropped
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
emotions
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
enemies
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
evening
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
fatal
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
FLAGS
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From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
friend
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
hand
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
human
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From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
hurrying
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
indescribably
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From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
ISRAEL
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From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
jammed
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
jarring
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From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
just
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
kin
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
kith
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
labor
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
lifted
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
London
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
main-deck
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
man-of-war
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From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
martial
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From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
mob
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
mood
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From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
multitude
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From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
mysteriously
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From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
natural
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From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
naval
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
nayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
NIGHT
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From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
novel
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
once
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
out
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From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
own
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
painful
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
port
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From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
present
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From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
returning
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
SAILOR
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From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
sea
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From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
seventy-four
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
SHIPS
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From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
solemn
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From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
solitudes
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From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
some
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
sounds
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From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
street
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those sounds of the human multitude disturbing the solemn natural solitudes of the sea, mysteriously afflicted him.
thousand
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
THREE
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From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
TWO
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From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
UNDERprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
very
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From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
walked
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The martial bustle of a great man-of-war, on her first day out of port, was indescribably jarring to his present mood.
wayfarers
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From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As running down channel at evening, Israel walked the crowded main-deck of the seventy-four, continually brushed by a thousand hurrying wayfarers, as if he were in some great street in London, jammed with artisans, just returning from their day’s labor, novel and painful emotions were his.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He found himself dropped into the naval mob without one friend; nay, among enemies, since his country’s enemies were his own, and against the kith and kin of these very beings around him, he himself had once lifted a fatal hand.
