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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 We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
aboard
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
accustomed
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From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
almost
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE VOYAGE OF THE "VENGEFUL"--TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
bulwarknounUS /ˈbʊlwərk/
a protective side or barrier on a ship
From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
clinging
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From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
close
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
clouds
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
companion
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
crawl
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
dark
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
darkness
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From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
disc
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
door
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
eyes
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From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
few
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From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
find
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
gallop
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
get
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From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
glad
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
goblin-like
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
high
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
horizon
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
lead
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
leave
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
LooknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
madly
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
manes
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
minutes
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From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
moon
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
more
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From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
morsel
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE VOYAGE OF THE "VENGEFUL"--TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA.
only
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
overhead
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
past
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
positively
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
possession
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
racing
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
saloon
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
SEA
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From this reading THE VOYAGE OF THE "VENGEFUL"--TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA.
sea-legs
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
seawards
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
stand
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From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
stays
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From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
steps
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
SUFFERINGS
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From this reading THE VOYAGE OF THE "VENGEFUL"--TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA.
TERRIBLEnounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE VOYAGE OF THE "VENGEFUL"--TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VOYAGE OF THE "VENGEFUL"--TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
tossing
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading We stand by the bulwark here a few minutes, clinging to the stays, until our eyes get more accustomed to the darkness.
up
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
upper-deck
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From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
VENGEFUL
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From this reading THE VOYAGE OF THE "VENGEFUL"--TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA.
VOYAGE
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From this reading THE VOYAGE OF THE "VENGEFUL"--TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA.
waves
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As we crawl up the companion steps that lead from the saloon door to the upper-deck, and leave the companion, we are glad we are in the possession of good sea-legs.
white
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From this reading Look we seawards, and we find the horizon is almost close aboard of us, only the waves between tossing their white manes as they madly gallop past us.
Yonder
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From this reading Yonder, high overhead, is a morsel of a moon, and the dark, goblin-like clouds are positively racing across its disc.
