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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
behold
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From this reading My eyes will behold strange things.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
Berinthia
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From this reading "That is me," said Berinthia, pointing to the figurehead.
bowsprit
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From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
cheeks
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From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
down
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From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
eyes
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From this reading My eyes will behold strange things.
figurehead
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From this reading "That is me," said Berinthia, pointing to the figurehead.
foreign
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From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
go
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From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
hair
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From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That is me," said Berinthia, pointing to the figurehead.
look
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From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "That is me," said Berinthia, pointing to the figurehead.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
nose
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From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
ocean
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From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
out
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From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
parts
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From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
perched
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From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
play
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From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
playfully
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From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
pointing
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From this reading "That is me," said Berinthia, pointing to the figurehead.
poke
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From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
porpoises
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From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
run
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From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
said
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From this reading "That is me," said Berinthia, pointing to the figurehead.
see
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From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
ship
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From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
spout
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From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
storms
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From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
strange
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From this reading My eyes will behold strange things.
tears
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From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That is me," said Berinthia, pointing to the figurehead.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "That is me," said Berinthia, pointing to the figurehead.
things
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From this reading My eyes will behold strange things.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That is me," said Berinthia, pointing to the figurehead.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
waves
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From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
way
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From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
wet
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From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
whales
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From this reading I shall see the whales spout and the porpoises play, and poke my nose into foreign parts," she said playfully.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "I am to be perched beneath the bowsprit to look out upon the ocean and see which way the ship ought to go.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The waves will wet my hair, and the tears will run down my cheeks when the storms are on.
