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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 The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
appalled
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
awaiting
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
Balaclava
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
begged
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From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
blue
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
boat
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
camp
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From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
caught
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From this reading And suddenly a familiar face caught his eye, and he stopped the mule and sat up.
charge
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
chilled
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
cold
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
Colonel
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
confusion
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
dank
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
day
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
down
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
eye
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From this reading And suddenly a familiar face caught his eye, and he stopped the mule and sat up.
eyes
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
face
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From this reading And suddenly a familiar face caught his eye, and he stopped the mule and sat up.
faces
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
familiar
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From this reading And suddenly a familiar face caught his eye, and he stopped the mule and sat up.
father
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From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
find
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
following
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
French
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
full
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
good-bye
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From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
Harbour
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
heart
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
heavy
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
hopeless
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
ill-bound
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
inferno
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From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
instructions
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
Jim
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
joggling
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
Jolly
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
men
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
miry
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
misery
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
mule
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From this reading And suddenly a familiar face caught his eye, and he stopped the mule and sat up.
mule-cacolet
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
others
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From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
own
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
promised
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
rows
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
said
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From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
sat
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From this reading And suddenly a familiar face caught his eye, and he stopped the mule and sat up.
saw
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
sent
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
servant
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
shipment
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And suddenly a familiar face caught his eye, and he stopped the mule and sat up.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And suddenly a familiar face caught his eye, and he stopped the mule and sat up.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
up
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From this reading And suddenly a familiar face caught his eye, and he stopped the mule and sat up.
venture
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From this reading He had said good-bye to the others in camp, and begged his father not to venture down into the inferno again.
waiting
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From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
way
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From this reading The following day saw Jim joggling down the miry way to Balaclava Harbour on a French mule-cacolet.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So the Colonel sent his own servant in charge of him, with full instructions where to find the boat Captain Jolly had promised to have waiting.
wounded
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
wounds
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From this reading The hopeless confusion in the little harbour appalled Jim, and the dank misery of the rows of wounded men awaiting shipment, with ill-bound wounds, cold blue faces, and heavy hopeless eyes, chilled him to the heart.
