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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 A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
African
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alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
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andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Day had ten minutes before glared up over an oily swell-writhing sea of bottle-green; dew lay in fat greasy gouts on the deck planks and the skylight frames, foretelling in clear prophecy another spell of scalding West African sunshine; and a mile out from the crashing, bellowing surf that smoked along the beach, the S.S.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "They've seen us, sir, at the factory," said Mr. Balgarnie.
Balgarnie
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beach
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From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
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bellowing
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binoculars
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bottle-green
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breeze
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buttocked
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CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
catch
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cigarette
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clear
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COAST
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crashing
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Day
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deck
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dew
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engines
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factory
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fat
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fiddley
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firemen
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flavor
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foretelling
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frames
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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glared
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gouts
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greasy
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grumbled
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From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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handed
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From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Mr. Balgarnie tossed his cigarette over the lee rail and tucked a sheaf of papers into his mouth so as to have two spare hands.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Mr. Balgarnie tossed his cigarette over the lee rail and tucked a sheaf of papers into his mouth so as to have two spare hands.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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Image
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From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
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lay
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lee
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M'poso
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Mighty
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mile
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minutes
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mouth
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Mr
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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off
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oily
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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out
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overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
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papers
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planks
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prophecynounUS /ˈprɒf.ə.si/
A prediction of what will happen in the future, often divinely or magically inspired.
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purser
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From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
rail
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rung
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S
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said
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scalding
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sea
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seen
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sheaf
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sir
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skylight
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slewing
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smoked
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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spare
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spell
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sullenly
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sunshine
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surf
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sweating
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swell-writhing
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swells
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ten
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
They've
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
to-day
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From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
top
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tossed
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tucked
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two
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up
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uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "They've seen us, sir, at the factory," said Mr. Balgarnie.
ventilators
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WELCOME
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From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
WEST
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From this reading A WEST COAST WELCOME "Mighty beach to-day!" grumbled Captain Image, and handed binoculars across to the purser.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _M'poso_ buttocked sullenly over the swells, with engines rung off, and sweating firemen on the top of the fiddley, slewing ventilators to catch a flavor of the breeze.
