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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 A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
aloft
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
alow
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
America
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE PROFESSOR AND THE CAPTAIN.
beclouded
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
Belgium
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
blue
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
bow
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
breeze
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
canvas
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
CAPTAINnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE PROFESSOR AND THE CAPTAIN.
carried
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
enough
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From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
German
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
give
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From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
gracefully
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
hardly
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From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
Holland
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
hope
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
hummocks
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
including
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
Josephine
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
land
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
leaving
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
light
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From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
low
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
mile
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
miles
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
mouth
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
night
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
north-west
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From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
Ocean
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
off
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
pitchednounUS /pitched/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
present
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
PROFESSOR
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From this reading THE PROFESSOR AND THE CAPTAIN.
quantity
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
rag
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
reaching
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
rolled
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
sailnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
Scheldt
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
set
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
shores
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
sight
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
starboard
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
steerage-way
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From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
studding-sails
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
swells
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PROFESSOR AND THE CAPTAIN.
there
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From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
twenty
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From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
very
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From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
wake
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
waters
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From this reading A mile off, on her starboard bow, was the Josephine, beclouded in the quantity of sail she carried, but hardly leaving a wake in the blue waters behind her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The hummocks and the low land of the shores of Holland and Belgium were in sight; but, with the present breeze, there was but little hope of reaching the mouth of the Scheldt that night, though it was hardly twenty miles distant.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wind was very light from the north-west, and there was hardly enough of it to give the ship steerage-way.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
Young
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From this reading The Young America, with every rag of canvas set, including studding-sails alow and aloft, rolled and pitched gracefully on the long swells of the German Ocean.
