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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 Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
air
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
akin
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
all
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From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
any
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From this reading Nor was there any need for Van Horn's shout to the whaleboat: "Washee-washee!
apprehension
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
Arangi
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
blacks
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
board
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
boat's
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
break
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
came
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
clear
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From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
close
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
currentnounUS /ˈcurrent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
Damn
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From this reading Damn your hides!"
Daylight
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
drooping
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
entrance
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
fold
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nor was there any need for Van Horn's shout to the whaleboat: "Washee-washee!
heavily
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
hides
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From this reading Damn your hides!"
Horn's
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From this reading Nor was there any need for Van Horn's shout to the whaleboat: "Washee-washee!
howls
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
ketch
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
lifted
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From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
marauder
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
narrow
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nor was there any need for Van Horn's shout to the whaleboat: "Washee-washee!
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor was there any need for Van Horn's shout to the whaleboat: "Washee-washee!
oars
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
Once
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
out
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
sails
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
saw
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
sheep
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
shore-surf
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
shout
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From this reading Nor was there any need for Van Horn's shout to the whaleboat: "Washee-washee!
some
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
startled
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
stroke
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From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
swerved
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
there
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From this reading Nor was there any need for Van Horn's shout to the whaleboat: "Washee-washee!
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
threw
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From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
thwarts
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From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
toiled
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
tow
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
vagrant
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
Van
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From this reading Nor was there any need for Van Horn's shout to the whaleboat: "Washee-washee!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nor was there any need for Van Horn's shout to the whaleboat: "Washee-washee!
Washee-washee
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From this reading Nor was there any need for Van Horn's shout to the whaleboat: "Washee-washee!
way
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
weight
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From this reading The boat's crew lifted themselves clear of the thwarts as they threw all their weight into each stroke.
whaleboat
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From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Daylight saw the _Arangi_ under way, her sails drooping heavily in the dead air while the boat's crew toiled at the oars of the whaleboat to tow her out through the narrow entrance.
wild
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
woods
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From this reading Once, when the ketch, swerved by some vagrant current, came close to the break of the shore-surf, the blacks on board drew toward one another in apprehension akin to that of startled sheep in a fold when a wild woods marauder howls outside.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Damn your hides!"
