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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 The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
blue
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From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
board
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
bright
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From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
burning
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From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
came
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
clews
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
CROSS
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From this reading WE CROSS THE LINE.
crossed
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From this reading On a lovely night, when the ocean seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we crossed the equator.
days
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From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
e
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
eased
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
equator
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From this reading On a lovely night, when the ocean seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we crossed the equator.
Eugenie
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
Father
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
flowing
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
foam
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
girdle
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
glassy
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
hills
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
ipronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
latitudes
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From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
lee
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
light
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
LINE
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From this reading WE CROSS THE LINE.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
lovely
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From this reading On a lovely night, when the ocean seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we crossed the equator.
moonshine
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From this reading On a lovely night, when the ocean seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we crossed the equator.
near
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
Neptune
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
night
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From this reading On a lovely night, when the ocean seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we crossed the equator.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
now
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From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
ocean
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
off
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On a lovely night, when the ocean seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we crossed the equator.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
played
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
pranks
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
ripple
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
rose
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
seas
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From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On a lovely night, when the ocean seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we crossed the equator.
sheet
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
sleep
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From this reading On a lovely night, when the ocean seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we crossed the equator.
slowly-heaving
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
smooth
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
sound
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
starry
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From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
swell
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE CROSS THE LINE.
there
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On a lovely night, when the ocean seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we crossed the equator.
tremendous
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
unpleasant
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
usual
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
WEpronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE CROSS THE LINE.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were now in the latitudes of burning days, of starry nights, and bright blue seas.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading On a lovely night, when the ocean seemed to sleep in the moonshine, we crossed the equator.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
winds
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From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The winds were light, and, as usual near the line, there was a tremendous swell upon the ocean, which rose in long and slowly-heaving hills, without foam or ripple--smooth, glassy, and without sound.
world
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From this reading The _Eugenie_ was running with the lee clews eased off--_i.e._, with a flowing sheet--when Father Neptune came on board, and the usual unpleasant pranks were played on those who had never passed the girdle of the world before.
