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1900
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
1974
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1975
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5th
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
ahead
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
American
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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Arno
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Arthur
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
Author
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From this reading Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c.
average
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
big
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
bridge
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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c
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From this reading Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c.
causes
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
charge
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
coat
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From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
Company
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crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
cuff
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From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
deck
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
down
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From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
Edition
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eight
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
experience
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
eyes
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From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
fact
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
glasses
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
happened
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
Harold
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HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
Henrietta
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herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
Illustrated
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
Inc
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Judah
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From this reading Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c.
knots
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
liner
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
London
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longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
Louis
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
Ltd
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morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
navigating
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
New
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November
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
o'clock
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
object-glasses
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From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c.
officer
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
Oft-Born
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From this reading Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
own
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
passengers
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
Pearson
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Piffard
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pleasure
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
ploughing
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
Press
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quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
Reprint
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rising
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
rollers
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
Rose
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From this reading Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c.
rubbed
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From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
smooth
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
St
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
Stanley
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straight
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
strange
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
Street
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Sun
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From this reading Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
Times
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
turn
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
twenty-one
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
two
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From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
unprecedented
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
Valdar
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From this reading Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c.
very
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From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
Virgin
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From this reading Author of "Valdar the Oft-Born," "The Virgin of the Sun," "The Rose of Judah," &c., &c.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
way
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From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The big ship was ploughing her way through the long, smooth rollers at her average twenty-one knots towards the rising sun, when the officer in charge of the navigating bridge happened to turn his glasses straight ahead.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading About eight o'clock on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, those of the passengers and crew of the American liner _St. Louis_ who happened, whether from causes of duty or of their own pleasure, to be on deck, had a very strange--in fact a quite unprecedented experience.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He took them down from his eyes, rubbed the two object-glasses with the cuff of his coat, and looked again.
Wood
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York
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