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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 He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner.
all
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
alongside
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
ARMS
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
Aunties
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
back
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
backbone
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From this reading He was Kenneth Blair's man to the backbone, and prepared to follow him to the death.
Basin
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
best
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From this reading He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner.
Blair
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
Blair's
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From this reading He was Kenneth Blair's man to the backbone, and prepared to follow him to the death.
Brisbane
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
bristling
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From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
Cathie
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
Cathie's
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
clock
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
close
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
death
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From this reading He was Kenneth Blair's man to the backbone, and prepared to follow him to the death.
Docks
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
drawing-room
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
energy
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From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner.
follow
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From this reading He was Kenneth Blair's man to the backbone, and prepared to follow him to the death.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
gone
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
goodwill
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From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
Greenock
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑrti/
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was Kenneth Blair's man to the backbone, and prepared to follow him to the death.
house
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
humanity
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From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
interest
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
jovial
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From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
Kenneth
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
large
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From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
London
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
lying
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
MAN
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
mariner
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From this reading He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner.
neighbours
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
Now
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From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
object
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
old
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From this reading He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner.
overflowing
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From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
prepared
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From this reading He was Kenneth Blair's man to the backbone, and prepared to follow him to the death.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner.
round
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
sea-dog
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From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
specimen
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From this reading He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner.
Street
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
ten
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
then
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From this reading He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
Torch
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
type
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From this reading He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner.
very
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From this reading He was then a fine old specimen of the very best type of retired mariner.
Wapping
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From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ARMS AND THE MAN The _Torch_ had been brought round from Greenock by Captain Cathie, and was lying in the London Docks close alongside Wapping Basin, an object of interest to all her neighbours.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
years
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From this reading Captain Cathie's clock had gone back at least ten years since he and Kenneth Blair struck hands in the drawing-room of the Aunties' house in Brisbane Street.
young
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From this reading Now he was a jovial young sea-dog, bristling with energy, and overflowing with hearty goodwill to humanity at large.
