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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 Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
all
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
allusions
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
almost
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
AlreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
appreciative
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
attend
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
barnacled
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
boldly
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From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
broad
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From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
chaos
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From this reading The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.
classification
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From this reading The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
constituents
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From this reading The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.
deep
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From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
easy
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From this reading Yet is it no easy task.
EreconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
essayed
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From this reading The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.
exhibition
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From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
fain
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From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
follow
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
genera
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From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
harborless
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From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
hull
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
hulls
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
immensities
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From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
indispensable
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
launched
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From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
less
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From this reading The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.
leviathan
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
leviathanic
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
lost
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From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
matter
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
more
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Yet is it no easy task.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The classification of the constituents of a chaos, nothing less is here essayed.
now
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From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
outset
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
pass
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
Pequod's
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
put
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From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
revelations
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
rolls
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
side
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
some
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From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
soon
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From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
sorts
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
special
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
systematized
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From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
task
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From this reading Yet is it no easy task.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
thorough
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
understanding
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
unshored
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From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harborless immensities.
weedy
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
well
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From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
whale
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From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ere that come to pass; ere the Pequod’s weedy hull rolls side by side with the barnacled hulls of the leviathan; at the outset it is but well to attend to a matter almost indispensable to a thorough appreciative understanding of the more special leviathanic revelations and allusions of all sorts which are to follow.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet is it no easy task.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is some systematized exhibition of the whale in his broad genera, that I would now fain put before you.
