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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 It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
affair
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From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
Ahab
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all
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also
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
ascended
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From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
breakfast
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From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
brow
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
cabin-gangway
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From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
country
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
deck
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From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
dented
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
EnterverbUS /ˈentər/
to come or go into
From this reading (Enter Ahab: Then, all.)
ever-pacing
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
familiar
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
few
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
fixedly
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
foot-prints
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
fro
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
garden
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
gaze
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
geological
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
heard
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
hour
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
ivory
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
like
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
mark
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
meal
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
most
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
old
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
paced
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
peculiar
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
pipe
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From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
planks
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
ribbed
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
rounds
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
sea-captains
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
see
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
shortly
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From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
Soon
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
steady
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
stones
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
stranger
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
stride
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
Then
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There
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
too
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
tread
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From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
turns
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
unsleeping
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From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
usually
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
walk
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From this reading There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk.
wont
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From this reading It was not a great while after the affair of the pipe, that one morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin-gangway to the deck.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
