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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 passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
alongside
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From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Port Said the _Rangoon_ was coaling.
besieged
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
black
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From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
brown
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From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
Charlie
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
chattering
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From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
coal
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From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
coaling
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From this reading At Port Said the _Rangoon_ was coaling.
cries
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
curs
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From this reading Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.
dis
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
engaged
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From this reading Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.
escaping
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
fella
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
followed
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From this reading Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
gleaming
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From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
guide
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
HalfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
Hi
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
iniquity
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
Langtry
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
laughing
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From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
Legions
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From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
like
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From this reading Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.
Master
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
masterpieces
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
men
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From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
motley
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
Mrs
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
naked
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From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
NobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
pack
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From this reading Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.
passengers
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
perspirationnounUS /ˌpɜːrspəˈreɪʃən/
sweat produced by the body
From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
Port
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From this reading At Port Said the _Rangoon_ was coaling.
Porter
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
poured
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From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
rafts
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From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
Rangoon
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From this reading At Port Said the _Rangoon_ was coaling.
rascals
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
sah
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
Said
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From this reading At Port Said the _Rangoon_ was coaling.
set
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
stream
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From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
swarmed
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From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
Tararaboomdeay
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At Port Said the _Rangoon_ was coaling.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
town
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
ugliness
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
unending
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From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
unkempt
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From this reading Legions of black and brown men swarmed at her from the unkempt rafts alongside.
Very
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From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
wanted
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From this reading Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At Port Said the _Rangoon_ was coaling.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The passengers were escaping into the town, besieged by a motley set of rascals, masterpieces of ugliness and iniquity, with cries of “Hi, hi, Master--Tararaboomdeay--Mrs. Langtry--Hi--Charlie--Porter, sah?--Very good guide, dis fella, Master.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Half naked, gleaming with perspiration, chattering and laughing, they poured into her an unending stream of coal.
yelping
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From this reading Nobody wanted them, nobody engaged them, but they followed yelping like a pack of curs.
