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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 is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
Aden
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
aft
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From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
all
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
Atlantic
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From this reading P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners.
Awful
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From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
boats
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From this reading P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners.
bows
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From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
brevet
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
company
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
counted
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
darkness
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From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
day
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
days
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
disgustful
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From this reading P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
easy-going
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
eight-and-twenty
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
expected
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From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
fact
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From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
felt
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
forth
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
game
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From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
gear
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From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
Georgie
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From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
greater
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From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
hand-steering
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From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
happened
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From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
head
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
home
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
how
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
hundred
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
interest
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
lets
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
letter
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
lighted
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From this reading P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners.
liners
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From this reading P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
medals
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
miles
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
more
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From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
most
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
mother
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
motherly
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
Mrs
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
nearer
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
O
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From this reading P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
often
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
own
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
P
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From this reading P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners.
particularity
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From this reading P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners.
phosphorescence
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From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
play
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From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
principles
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From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
promptly
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
Red
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
Sea
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
see
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
senior
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
shoulders
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
spend
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
steamer
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
studied
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From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
superior
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
talked
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
ten
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
There
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From this reading There is more phosphorescence at the bows, and greater silence and darkness by the hand-steering gear aft.
things
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From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
three
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
unpleasant
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
up
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
warm
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Awful things might have happened to Georgie but for the little fact that he had never studied the first principles of the game he was expected to play.
waters
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
way
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
welfare
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading P.O. boats are not lighted with the disgustful particularity of Atlantic liners.
woman
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
world
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
years
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From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is not unpleasant to spend eight-and-twenty days in an easy-going steamer on warm waters, in the company of a woman who lets you see that you are head and shoulders superior to the rest of the world, even though that woman may be, and most often is, ten counted years your senior.
Zuleika
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From this reading So when Mrs. Zuleika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and promptly talked of his own mother, three hundred miles nearer each day, of his home, and so forth, all the way up the Red Sea.
