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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 When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
a-thrill
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From this reading I was in the flower of my adolescence, a-thrill with romance and adventure, dreaming of wild life in the wild man-world.
adolescence
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From this reading I was in the flower of my adolescence, a-thrill with romance and adventure, dreaming of wild life in the wild man-world.
adventure
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From this reading I was in the flower of my adolescence, a-thrill with romance and adventure, dreaming of wild life in the wild man-world.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
away
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From this reading I wanted to get away from monotony and the commonplace.
Barleycorn
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From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
Bay
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
begin
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From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
bouts
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From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
centreboard
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
commonplace
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From this reading I wanted to get away from monotony and the commonplace.
drawing
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From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
dreaming
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From this reading I was in the flower of my adolescence, a-thrill with romance and adventure, dreaming of wild life in the wild man-world.
Estuary
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
far
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
filled
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
flower
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From this reading I was in the flower of my adolescence, a-thrill with romance and adventure, dreaming of wild life in the wild man-world.
fourteen
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
Francisco
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I wanted to get away from monotony and the commonplace.
get
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From this reading I wanted to get away from monotony and the commonplace.
go
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From this reading I wanted to go to sea.
head
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was in the flower of my adolescence, a-thrill with romance and adventure, dreaming of wild life in the wild man-world.
isles
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
John
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From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was in the flower of my adolescence, a-thrill with romance and adventure, dreaming of wild life in the wild man-world.
man-world
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From this reading I was in the flower of my adolescence, a-thrill with romance and adventure, dreaming of wild life in the wild man-world.
monotony
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From this reading I wanted to get away from monotony and the commonplace.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
near
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From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
Oakland
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
old
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
rapidly
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From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
romance
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From this reading I was in the flower of my adolescence, a-thrill with romance and adventure, dreaming of wild life in the wild man-world.
sailing
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
San
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
sea
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From this reading I wanted to go to sea.
sea-rims
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
second
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From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
series
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From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
skiff
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
small
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
tales
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
tropic
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
vision
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
voyagers
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From this reading When I was fourteen, my head filled with the tales of the old voyagers, my vision with tropic isles and far sea-rims, I was sailing a small centreboard skiff around San Francisco Bay and on the Oakland Estuary.
wanted
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From this reading I wanted to go to sea.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
wild
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From this reading I was in the flower of my adolescence, a-thrill with romance and adventure, dreaming of wild life in the wild man-world.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But the time was rapidly drawing near when I was to begin my second series of bouts with John Barleycorn.
