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adorn
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
all
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From this reading It was wanton slaughter, and all for woman’s sake.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
annual
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
Bering
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
carcasses
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
cities
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
coast
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From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
Coming
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
destroying
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
down
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
especial
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From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
flinging
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was wanton slaughter, and all for woman’s sake.
foreboding
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From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
general
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From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
Ghost
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From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
happened
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From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
herd
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From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
illimitable
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
Japan
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From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
knew
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
later
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
man
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
migration
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
moment
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From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
naked
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
north
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From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
Pacific
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
picked
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From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
raised
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From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
ran
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From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
ravaging
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
rookeries
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
sake
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From this reading It was wanton slaughter, and all for woman’s sake.
salting
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
say
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From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
Sea
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
seal
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From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
shark
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
shoulders
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
skins
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
slaughter
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From this reading It was wanton slaughter, and all for woman’s sake.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
spite
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From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
StrangeadjectiveUS /streɪndʒ/
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Strange to say, in spite of the general foreboding, nothing of especial moment happened on the _Ghost_.
travelled
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
travelling
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From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
up
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From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
wanton
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From this reading It was wanton slaughter, and all for woman’s sake.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
west
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From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Coming from no man knew where in the illimitable Pacific, it was travelling north on its annual migration to the rookeries of Bering Sea.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We ran on to the north and west till we raised the coast of Japan and picked up with the great seal herd.
woman's
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From this reading It was wanton slaughter, and all for woman’s sake.
women
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From this reading And north we travelled with it, ravaging and destroying, flinging the naked carcasses to the shark and salting down the skins so that they might later adorn the fair shoulders of the women of the cities.
