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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 while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
ailed
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From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
all
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From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he walked, he wrung his hands.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
awoke
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From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
bank
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
bed
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
brig
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
brow
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
bursting
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
canvas
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
Carthew
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From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
child's
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
colour
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From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
companion
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
dam
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
disfavour
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From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
east
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From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
feet
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
forget
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
fro
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
gazed
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
hand
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading As he walked, he wrung his hands.
hanging
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
instantaneous
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
knew
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From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
like
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
lost
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From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
man
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
moment
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
pictures
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
resent
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From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
river
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
rolled
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
sat
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From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
scroll
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
simplicity
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
spars
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
speech
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
sprang
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
strange
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
teemed
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
then
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
truth
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
up
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From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
violently
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
volume
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
wakes
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
walk
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From this reading And then, like a river bursting through a dam, the truth rolled on him its instantaneous volume: his memory teemed with speech and pictures that he should never again forget; and he sprang to his feet, stood a moment hand to brow, and began to walk violently to and fro by the companion.
walked
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From this reading As he walked, he wrung his hands.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the first colour in the east, Carthew awoke and sat up.
wonder
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From this reading A while he gazed at the scroll of the morning bank and the spars and hanging canvas of the brig, like a man who wakes in a strange bed, with a child's simplicity of wonder.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
wrung
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From this reading As he walked, he wrung his hands.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He wondered above all what ailed him, what he had lost, what disfavour had been done him, which he knew he should resent, yet had forgotten.
