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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 Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
aboard
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
cabin
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
certainly
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From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
cheers
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From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
convinced
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
corks
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
delay
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
delight
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
desire
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
Dr
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
exclamatoryadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsklæmətɔri/
expressing strong feeling through emphatic words or cries
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
expressed
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
Fabos
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
fellows
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
fetch
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
find
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
fourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
hardly
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
heard
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From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
Hears
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
hot
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE MEANTIME.
incoherent
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
instant's
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
Jap
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
known
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
Larry
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
loud
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
made
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
man
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
MEANTIMEnounUS /ˈmiːntaɪm/
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading IN THE MEANTIME.
meats
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
News
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
oaths
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
ordered
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
out
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
popping
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
population
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From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
Porto
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From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
prepared
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
QuitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
roaring
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
rowed
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
salvation
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
seamen
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
served
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
stupefied
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
supper
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE MEANTIME.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
touching
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
trap
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From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
twenty
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
Villa
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From this reading Their cheers must certainly have been heard by half the population of Villa do Porto.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
ways
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
witness
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From this reading It was touching to witness the good fellows’ delight, expressed in twenty ways as seamen will—this man by loud oaths, another by stupefied silence, a third by incoherent roaring, a fourth by the exclamatory desire that he might not find salvation.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Quite convinced that the Jap would fetch me out of the trap, Captain Larry had ordered a supper to be prepared in the cabin, and hardly were we aboard when the corks were popping and the hot meats served.
yacht
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Hears the News._ We rowed to the yacht without an instant’s delay and made known the good news to the crew.
