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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 BALANCING ACCOUNTS And yet God has not said a word.
ACCOUNTSnounUS /ˈaccounts/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading BALANCING ACCOUNTS And yet God has not said a word.
also
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
always
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BALANCING ACCOUNTS And yet God has not said a word.
anxious
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
arrival
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
BALANCING
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From this reading BALANCING ACCOUNTS And yet God has not said a word.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
breakwater
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From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
calm
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From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Who can tell?
corner
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
deck
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
deeper
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
deliberation
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From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
departure
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
dwell
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
Edgecumbe
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
face
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
God
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From this reading BALANCING ACCOUNTS And yet God has not said a word.
green
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BALANCING ACCOUNTS And yet God has not said a word.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
homeward-board
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
hurricane
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
incidents
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
inside
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From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
insistence
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
June
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From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
love
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
Mahanaddy
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From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
mahogany-coloured
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
man
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
Many
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
more
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
Mount
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading BALANCING ACCOUNTS And yet God has not said a word.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
others
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
pathetic
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
pathos
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
perhaps
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
Plymouth
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From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
said
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From this reading BALANCING ACCOUNTS And yet God has not said a word.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
slopes
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
starboard
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From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
stately
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From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
steamed
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From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There may have been others as anxious to look on the green slopes of Mount Edgecumbe as the man with the mahogany-coloured face who stood ever smoking--smoking--always at the forward starboard corner of the hurricane deck.
subtle
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who can tell?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
there
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
truer
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
water
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From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Who can tell?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One fine morning in June the _Mahanaddy_ steamed with stately deliberation into the calm water inside Plymouth breakwater.
word
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From this reading BALANCING ACCOUNTS And yet God has not said a word.
writers
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From this reading Many writers love to dwell with pathetic insistence on incidents of a departure; but there is also pathos--perhaps deeper and truer because more subtle--in the arrival of the homeward-board ship.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading BALANCING ACCOUNTS And yet God has not said a word.
