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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 A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
age
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Still another picture.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
billowy
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
blowing
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
Blue
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
breeze
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
bulwarks
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
clipper
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
curling
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
deep
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
delight
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
depths
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
descending
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
dwells
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
eighteen
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
eyes
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
face
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
famous
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
flush
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
fresh
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
full
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
gazes
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
gazing
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
give
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From this reading This one on the sea, to give variety to the group.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
group
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From this reading This one on the sea, to give variety to the group.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
heights
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
Holding
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
Jacket
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
lad
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
noble
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
now
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This one on the sea, to give variety to the group.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading This one on the sea, to give variety to the group.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
pale
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
pensive
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
picture
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From this reading Still another picture.
ploughing
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
rapture
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
rises
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
sailing
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
sails
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
scarcely
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
sea
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From this reading This one on the sea, to give variety to the group.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
snow-crested
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
spiritual
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still another picture.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This one on the sea, to give variety to the group.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This one on the sea, to give variety to the group.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This one on the sea, to give variety to the group.
up
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
variety
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From this reading This one on the sea, to give variety to the group.
vessel
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
waves
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
way
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
white
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From this reading A fresh breeze is blowing, the white sails are full, and a noble vessel--the _Blue Jacket_, a famous clipper--is ploughing her way through the snow-crested waves.
wonders
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From this reading A rapture of delight dwells in his great spiritual eyes, and a flush rises to his pale and pensive face, as he gazes on the wonders of the deep.
years
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From this reading Holding on to the bulwarks, a lad, scarcely eighteen years of age, is gazing now into the billowy depths into which they are descending, now to the curling heights up and over which the ship is sailing.
