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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 They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
all
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
alongside
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
always
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
arn't
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From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
away
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
bag'net
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
big
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
board
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
can't
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
chap
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
cutlash
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
cutlashing
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
days
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
don't
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
end
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
everything's
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
fight
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
get
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
gets
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
got
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
growed
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
guns
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
hasn't
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
hurt
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
I've
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
it's
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From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
jolly's
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
just
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
knowledge
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
like
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From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
ll
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
lot
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
made
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
man
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From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
man's
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
mark
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
Maybe
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
messmet
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From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
Most
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
much
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
nasty
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
nothing's
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
now
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
o
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
old
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
out
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From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
pretty
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
rats
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
rifle
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
said
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From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
savage
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
say
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
scuttle
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
sharp
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
sorry
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
spick
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
spike
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
stuck
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
tain't
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
then
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
there
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
They'll
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
they're
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
used
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
very
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From this reading They'll scuttle away like rats if they can; but if they can't, they'll fight that savage that nothing's like it; and if it is to come to a fight, all I've got to say is, as the chap as hasn't got his cutlash as sharp as ever it can be made 'll be very sorry for it."
want
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
Well
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From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
why
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From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
wild
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Most everything's done with the big guns now; and if they do get alongside to board, why, a man's cutlash is always stuck at the end of his rifle, just as if it was a jolly's bag'net growed out o' knowledge, and then it's all spick and spike."
won't
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From this reading "Oh, I don't know," said another; "there won't be much cutlashing; 'tain't like it used to was in the old days.
words
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well," said the man, "it's like this, messmet; they is and they arn't, if you can make that out.
you'll
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From this reading "Maybe," said the man; "but you mark my words, they're a nasty lot when they gets wild, and you'll have to look pretty sharp if you don't want to get hurt."
