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abstinence
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From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
alcohol-soaked
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From this reading I became pretty thoroughly alcohol-soaked during this period.
all
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
Back
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
Barleycorn
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
bay
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
became
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From this reading I became pretty thoroughly alcohol-soaked during this period.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
bestiality
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
comradeship
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
cruises
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
day
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
days
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
drank
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
drinking
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading I became pretty thoroughly alcohol-soaked during this period.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
excess
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
going
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
healthy
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From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
John
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
laboured
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
lay
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
living
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
longer
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From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
madly
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
misconception
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
more
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
Nelson
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
now
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
Oakland
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
occasionally
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
offered
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
only
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
open-air
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From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
opportunity
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
out
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
period
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From this reading I became pretty thoroughly alcohol-soaked during this period.
periods
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From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
pretty
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From this reading I became pretty thoroughly alcohol-soaked during this period.
reinvigorated
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From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
renewed
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
result
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From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
scow-schooners
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
several
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
shore
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
short-handed
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
spent
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I became pretty thoroughly alcohol-soaked during this period.
thoroughly
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From this reading I became pretty thoroughly alcohol-soaked during this period.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
toil
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From this reading The result was that I was no longer reinvigorated by periods of open-air abstinence and healthy toil.
too
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From this reading I, too, spent my time on shore with him, only occasionally going for cruises of several days on the bay to help out on short-handed scow-schooners.
unconsciousness
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From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
wanderings
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
water-front
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From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Back in Oakland from my wanderings, I returned to the water-front and renewed my comradeship with Nelson, who was now on shore all the time and living more madly than before.
