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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 Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
ahead
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
all
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
any
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arrived
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From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
balm
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
bank
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From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
bark
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
blind
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
blindly
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
changed
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
chill
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
clemency
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From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
comfort
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
coming
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counseled
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
craftnounUS /kræft/
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
dimmest
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
doom
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
drove
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From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
fashion
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From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
fixed
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
forsooth
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
going
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
gone
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
groaning
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
gulf
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From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
half-hour
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
hand
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
heavens
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
helpless
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
hope
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
kind
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
laboring
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
lay
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
lift
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From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
like
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
lost
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
mercy
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
mist
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From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
nature
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
naught
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
now
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
offered
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From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
ominously
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From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
OTHER
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From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
overhead
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From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
plunge
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From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
ray
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
reek
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
reft
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
replaced
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
rippling
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
rolled
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
sang
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From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
savagely
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
sea
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
SHIPWRECK
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From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
sky
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
SORT
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From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
soul
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
southern
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
storm
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
storms
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From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
strife
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
suave
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
swiftly
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
tarried
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From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
thrust
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
travail
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
tumblingnounUS /ˈtumbling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
very
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
visible
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
waves
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
welter
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From this reading And as our craft, laboring, thrust forward blindly into this reek, with naught of comfort on any hand, nor even the dimmest ray of hope visible from any fixed thing on ahead, in like travail of going, in like groaning to the very soul, the bark of my life now lay in the welter, helpless, reft of storm and strife, blind, counseled by no fixed ray ahead.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH IS SHIPWRECK OF OTHER SORT After the fashion of these gulf storms, this one tarried not in its coming, nor offered any clemency when it had arrived.
wholly
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From this reading Where but a half-hour since the heavens had been fair, the sea rippling, suave and kind, now the sky was not visible at all and the tumbling waves about us rolled savagely as in a nature wholly changed.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The wind sang ominously overhead, as with lift and plunge we drove on into a bank of mist.
world
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From this reading A chill as of doom swiftly had replaced the balm of the southern sky; and forsooth, all the mercy of the world seemed lost and gone.
