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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 Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
aboard
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
all
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From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
anchor
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From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
black
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
boat
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From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
bolted
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
boys
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
cabin
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In due course he heard the rest of the crew come aboard.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In due course he heard the rest of the crew come aboard.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In due course he heard the rest of the crew come aboard.
dark
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From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
dog-hole
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
door
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
due
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From this reading In due course he heard the rest of the crew come aboard.
evil
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From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
head
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From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
heard
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From this reading In due course he heard the rest of the crew come aboard.
heaving
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From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
impartially
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
Jim
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
Like
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
lives
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
living
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
military
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
most
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
Once
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
only
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
presently
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From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In due course he heard the rest of the crew come aboard.
seafaringadjectiveUS /ˈsiːferɪŋ/
connected with travelling or working at sea
From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
shoved
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
slid
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
smack
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
small
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From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
swim
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From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
swinging
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
sympathy
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From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
Then
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From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
there
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From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
times
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
two
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
up
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From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
very
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From this reading And there, all alone in the dark, he presently passed a very evil time.
visions
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once aboard the smack, Jim was shoved into a small black dog-hole of a cabin forward and the door slid to and bolted.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then the anchor was pulled up, and then his head began to swim in sympathy with the heaving boat.
worth
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From this reading Like most boys he had at times had visions of a seafaring life, swinging impartially between that and a military as the only two lives worth living.
