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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 The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
alcohol
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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
American
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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
Behring
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
belonging
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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
Bonin
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
Canadian
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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
coasts
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
days
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
desire
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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
drink
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
fettle
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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
fifty-one
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
filled
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
fleets
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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
glorious
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
group
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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
harrying
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
hundred
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
intense
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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
Islands
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
isolated
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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
Japan
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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
known
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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
made
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
moment
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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
north-east
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
northern
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
out
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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
put
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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
rendezvous
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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
repairs
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
sailing
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
Sea
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
seal-herd
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
sealing
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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
selected
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From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
sobriety
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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
Sophie
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
southern
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
splendid
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From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
starting
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
Sutherland
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
system
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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
taking
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
There
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This isolated group, belonging to Japan, had been selected as the rendezvous of the Canadian and American sealing fleets.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
trades
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From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
voyage
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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
water-barrels
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From this reading Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There was nothing to drink on the Sophie Sutherland, and we had fifty-one days of glorious sailing, taking the southern passage in the north-east trades to Bonin Islands.
worked
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From this reading The alcohol had been worked out of my system, and from the moment the voyage began I had not known the desire for a drink.
