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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 When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
amidships
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
appeared
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
astonishment
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
awning
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
BEAUTIFUL
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From this reading THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
boat
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From this reading Whose boat was she?
brasswork
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
canvas
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
comfortable
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
deck
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
DEVIL
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From this reading THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL.
dressed
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
entire
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
evil
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
eyes
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
forrard
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
fully
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
hammock
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
intense
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
judging
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
junk's
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
lifted
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
lying
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
man
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
more
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
opened
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
peered
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
planks
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
polishing
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
prevented
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
resting-place
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
saw
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
seeing
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
seemingly
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Whose boat was she?
side
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
surroundings
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
swung
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
toes
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
up
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
walls
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
well-appointed
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
well-constructed
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From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
wheel
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From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When I opened my eyes again I found myself, to my intense astonishment, lying, fully dressed, in a comfortable hammock beneath a well-constructed awning.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading My hammock was seemingly swung amidships, and judging from the side upon which I looked--save the man at the wheel and a couple of hands polishing brasswork forrard--I appeared to have the entire deck to myself.
WHITE
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From this reading THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL.
WhosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Whose boat was she?
yacht
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From this reading The canvas walls of my resting-place prevented me from seeing anything more of my surroundings than my toes, but when I lifted myself up and peered over the side, it was not the junk's evil planks that I saw before me, but the deck of a handsome, well-appointed yacht.
