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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 _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
abyss
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
afloat
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From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
all
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From this reading I realised, as all seamen realise from time to time, the meaning of man’s victory over the sea and the splendour of it.
almost
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
alternately
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
Atlantic
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From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
boat
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From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
boat's
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
confess
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From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
crest
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
Dr
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
engulf
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
experience
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From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
Fabos
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
Fails
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
Find
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
Fordibras
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
gave
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
glimpse
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑrti/
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
heights
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
Joan
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
laid
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
launch
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
lifting
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
man's
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From this reading I realised, as all seamen realise from time to time, the meaning of man’s victory over the sea and the splendour of it.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
meaning
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From this reading I realised, as all seamen realise from time to time, the meaning of man’s victory over the sea and the splendour of it.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
new
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From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
oars
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
OCEAN
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From this reading THE STRONG ROOM OF THE OCEAN.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STRONG ROOM OF THE OCEAN.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
permitted
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
plunging
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
prodigious
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
rare
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
realise
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From this reading I realised, as all seamen realise from time to time, the meaning of man’s victory over the sea and the splendour of it.
realised
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From this reading I realised, as all seamen realise from time to time, the meaning of man’s victory over the sea and the splendour of it.
rollers
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
rolling
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
ROOM
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From this reading THE STRONG ROOM OF THE OCEAN.
rose
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
sea
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From this reading I realised, as all seamen realise from time to time, the meaning of man’s victory over the sea and the splendour of it.
seamen
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From this reading I realised, as all seamen realise from time to time, the meaning of man’s victory over the sea and the splendour of it.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
ships
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
shot
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
shut
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
small
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From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
some
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
speed
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
splendournounUS /ˈsplendər/
magnificent and impressive appearance
From this reading I realised, as all seamen realise from time to time, the meaning of man’s victory over the sea and the splendour of it.
steamer's
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
STRONG
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From this reading THE STRONG ROOM OF THE OCEAN.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STRONG ROOM OF THE OCEAN.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I realised, as all seamen realise from time to time, the meaning of man’s victory over the sea and the splendour of it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
turn
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
utterly
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
very
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
victory
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From this reading I realised, as all seamen realise from time to time, the meaning of man’s victory over the sea and the splendour of it.
view
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
waters
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
wave
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From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
weather
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From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The long rollers, alternately lifting us to prodigious heights and plunging us as to a very abyss of the ocean, shut in turn both ships from my view and permitted me but a rare glimpse of them as we rose upon the crest of some rolling wave which seemed about to engulf us utterly.
wholly
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From this reading It was a new experience for me to find myself afloat upon the Atlantic in a small boat, and I confess, even in such fair weather, not wholly a pleasant one.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
word
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From this reading _Dr. Fabos Fails to Find Joan Fordibras._ The boat’s crew laid to their oars with a hearty will, directly I gave them the word; and we shot over the still waters almost with the speed of a steamer’s launch.
