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1801
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
all
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
alongside
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
also
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
Arctic
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
atmosphere
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
away
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
barque
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
beset
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
bodies
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
book
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
Bounty
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
buried
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
cabin
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
Cape
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
chain-plates
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
coat
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
cold
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
covered
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
crystalline
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
decay
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
Desolation
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
despair
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
diary
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
disturbed
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
doubtless
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
dragging
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
elephants
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
entire
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
eternal
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
examine
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
flood
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
fragments
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
frequently
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading LEAVES FROM THE LOG.
glean
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
grog
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
hull
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
hunger
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
ice
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
kept
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
LEAVES
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From this reading LEAVES FROM THE LOG.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
lived
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
locker
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
LOG
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From this reading LEAVES FROM THE LOG.
log-book
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
mammoths
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
man
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
marvellous
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
mate
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
melted
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
monsters
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
mouldered
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
much
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
natural
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
off
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
perished
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
Peterhead
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
portion
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
pre-Adamite
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
preserved
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
proceeded
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
progress
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
protected
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
proved
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
ration
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
reclining
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
region
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
remains
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
repaired
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
rigging
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
Royal
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
seated
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
sledge
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
snow
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
snow-covered
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
spars
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
stern
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
table
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From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LEAVES FROM THE LOG.
then
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
thick
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
thus
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
tops
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
unchanged
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
undecayed
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From this reading The thick and crystalline coat of ice which covered every portion of the ship, from her tops to her chain-plates--a coat that had never melted or been disturbed--had protected her rigging, spars, and hull from the natural progress of decay; so let none suppose it marvellous that in a region or atmosphere of eternal snow, bodies are also thus preserved; for frequently the remains of elephants and mammoths which lived before the flood, and of pre-Adamite monsters, are found buried in the Arctic ice, unchanged, undecayed, and entire.
volume
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
way
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From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
whaler
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From this reading From this book we could glean that she was the _Royal Bounty_, a Peterhead whaler, which had been beset in the ice off Cape Desolation in 1801, and that one by one all her crew had perished of cold, hunger, and despair!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We repaired to our sledge alongside, and dragging it a little way from the deserted barque, took a ration of grog (of which we stood much in need), and then I proceeded to examine the volume we had brought away.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading It proved to be the mouldered fragments of a log-book or diary kept by the mate--doubtless the dead man, who was seated on the stern locker, and whose body was reclining on the snow-covered cabin table.
