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I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool. Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband. We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing. But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear. So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
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From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
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From this reading But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear.
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From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
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From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
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From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
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From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear.
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From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
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From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
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From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
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From this reading But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear.
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From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
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From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
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From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
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From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
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From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
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From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
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From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
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From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
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From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
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From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
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From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
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From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
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From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
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From this reading But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
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From this reading But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
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From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
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From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear.
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From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
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From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
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From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
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From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I signed on as a stoker on a slow freighter going to Liverpool.
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From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
up to a particular time
From this reading But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear.
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From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
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From this reading But I waited until near midnight and she didn't appear.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had arranged to have a last meal together on the eve of my sailing.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So I went out alone in Harlem, visiting the speakeasies and cabarets and drinking a farewell to the illegal bars.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Just as that time, Crystal Eastman also had booked passage on another boat to go with her children to London to join her husband.
