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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 sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
abandon
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The decks were already thick with half-dressed sailors.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
arms
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From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
ashore
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
blow
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
blown
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
bundles
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From this reading Only shapeless fragments and bundles of kindling wood dangled from the davits.
cabin
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
calm
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From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
clothes
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From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
coast
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
cool
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From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
dangled
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From this reading Only shapeless fragments and bundles of kindling wood dangled from the davits.
davits
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From this reading Only shapeless fragments and bundles of kindling wood dangled from the davits.
decks
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From this reading The decks were already thick with half-dressed sailors.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
examining
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From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
folded
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From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
forecastlenounUS /ˈforecastle/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
fragments
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From this reading Only shapeless fragments and bundles of kindling wood dangled from the davits.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Only shapeless fragments and bundles of kindling wood dangled from the davits.
gleamed
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
growlingnounUS /ˈgrowling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
half-dressed
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From this reading The decks were already thick with half-dressed sailors.
Henshaw
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From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
Heron
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
item
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
kindling
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From this reading Only shapeless fragments and bundles of kindling wood dangled from the davits.
lanterns
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
lifeboats
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
matchwood
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
mutiny
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
muttering
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
off
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
Only
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From this reading Only shapeless fragments and bundles of kindling wood dangled from the davits.
other
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
plan
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
row
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
sailors
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From this reading The decks were already thick with half-dressed sailors.
shapeless
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From this reading Only shapeless fragments and bundles of kindling wood dangled from the davits.
showed
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
shrewd
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
side
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
surlily
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The decks were already thick with half-dressed sailors.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
then
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From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
there
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
thick
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From this reading The decks were already thick with half-dressed sailors.
three
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
two
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From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The decks were already thick with half-dressed sailors.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron--two on one side of the cabin and one on the other--blown into matchwood.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sailors from the forecastle went here and there, muttering, growling surlily; for a shrewd blow had been struck at their plan of mutiny, the last item of which was to abandon the Heron off a deserted coast and then row ashore in the lifeboats.
white
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From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The decks were already thick with half-dressed sailors.
wood
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From this reading Only shapeless fragments and bundles of kindling wood dangled from the davits.
wreckage
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From this reading Captain Henshaw, cool and calm in his white clothes, stood with folded arms examining the wreckage on one side.
