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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 T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
any
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
Author
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
away
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
battle
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
blow
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
c
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
CAMPBELL
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From this reading CAMPBELL.
Co
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
day
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
deep
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
DR
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
Edinburgh
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
England
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
firm
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
GORDON-STABLES
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
Griffin
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
hearing
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
Hearts
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
Jack
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
Just
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
Keane
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
London
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
loud
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
Mackenzie
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
more
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
N
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
NELSON
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
New
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
Oak
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
Ocean
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
Old
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
Pride
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
R
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
rages
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
Richards
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
sailed
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
Solicitors
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
SONS
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
Stirring
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
stormy
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
Story
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
sweep
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
T
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
talked
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
Times
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
tough
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From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
two
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
very
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
winds
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From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
years
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From this reading "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_."
York
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From this reading T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR.
