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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 fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
aft
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From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
aloft
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As a world, and as a white-god world, she was to him beyond compare.
Arangi
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From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
Ariel
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From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a world, and as a white-god world, she was to him beyond compare.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading As a world, and as a white-god world, she was to him beyond compare.
black
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From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
boarded
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From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
brass-work
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
cluttered
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From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
compare
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From this reading As a world, and as a white-god world, she was to him beyond compare.
cruisenounUS /kruːz/
a journey by sea for a particular purpose
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
deck
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From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
decks
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
dozen
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
everywhere
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
filled
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From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
fore
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From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
Francisco
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From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As a world, and as a white-god world, she was to him beyond compare.
Jerry
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From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
Johnny
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From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
legged
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From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
like
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From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
lookout
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
met
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
niggers
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From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
only
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From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
out
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From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
polishing
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
principally
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From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
San
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From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
schoonernounUS /ˈskuːnər/
a sailing ship with two or more masts
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As a world, and as a white-god world, she was to him beyond compare.
sheets
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
small
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From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
spaciousness
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From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
spawn
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From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
tackles
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
tailing
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
three-topmast
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From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As a world, and as a white-god world, she was to him beyond compare.
two
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From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As a world, and as a white-god world, she was to him beyond compare.
washing
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
wheel
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From this reading He met them everywhere, at the wheel, on lookout, washing decks, polishing brass-work, running aloft, or tailing on to sheets and tackles half a dozen at a time.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
white-god
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From this reading As a world, and as a white-god world, she was to him beyond compare.
white-gods
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From this reading The only black Jerry found on her was Johnny; while her spaciousness was filled principally with two- legged white-gods.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was not small like the _Arangi_, nor was she cluttered fore and aft, on deck and below, with a spawn of niggers.
world
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From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
year
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From this reading The fine, three-topmast schooner _Ariel_, on a cruise around the world, had already been out a year from San Francisco when Jerry boarded her.
