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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
all
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
always
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From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
amuse
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From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
appeared
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
big
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From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
bright
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
corner
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
day
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From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
dear
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From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
easily
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From this reading Even grown-up people easily forget their sorrows in new scenes.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even grown-up people easily forget their sorrows in new scenes.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
everywhere
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From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
face
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
faces
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From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
forget
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From this reading Even grown-up people easily forget their sorrows in new scenes.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
friends
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From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
grown-up
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From this reading Even grown-up people easily forget their sorrows in new scenes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
home
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From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
India
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From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
Jeff
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From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
joke
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
knew
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From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
made
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From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
many
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From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
new
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From this reading Even grown-up people easily forget their sorrows in new scenes.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
people
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From this reading Even grown-up people easily forget their sorrows in new scenes.
ready
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
round
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
scenes
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From this reading Even grown-up people easily forget their sorrows in new scenes.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
smile
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
some
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
soon
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From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
sorrows
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From this reading Even grown-up people easily forget their sorrows in new scenes.
steamer
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From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
stewards
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
stokers
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Even grown-up people easily forget their sorrows in new scenes.
there
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From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
things
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From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course he was not always thinking of his home in India, or of the dear faces he had left behind.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
unlikely
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From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
voyage
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From this reading On the voyage home Jeff found many things to amuse him, and made friends in every part of the big steamer.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
way
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From this reading For Jeff soon knew his way about the ship, and was here, there, and everywhere all day long.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The stewards, and the crew, and the stokers would all smile, or have some joke ready, when his bright little face appeared round some unlikely corner.
