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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 There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
alongside
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
arrested
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From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
bridge
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From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
came
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From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
captain's
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From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
Channel
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
climbed
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
gathered
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From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
heading
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
heaped
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From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
Hugh
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From this reading “Hugh!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
incredibly
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
ladder
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
launch
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From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
making
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From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
man
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From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
mists
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From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
more
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
naval
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From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
newly-arrived
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From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
off
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
once
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
passenger
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
pile
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From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
pinnace
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
progress
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From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
rope
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
rugs
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From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
Rushing
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From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
saloon
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From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
scarcely
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From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
seated
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From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
sheered
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
shrill
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From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
single
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From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
slowly
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From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
space
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From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
steamer
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From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
steamer-chair
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From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
stern
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From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
swung
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From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
There
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From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
up
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From this reading Rushing up towards it through the mists came a little naval launch, in the stern of which a single man was seated.
voice
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From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
way
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From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The newly-arrived passenger was making his way towards the saloon when a voice which seemed to come from behind a pile of rugs heaped around a steamer-chair, arrested his progress.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
whistlenounUS /ˈwhistle/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading There was a shrill whistle from the captain’s bridge, and the steamer, which had scarcely yet gathered way, swung slowly around.
