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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 There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
began
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
blent
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
boatswain's
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
boomed
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
brute
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
commands
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
confused
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
cowered
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
crash
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
cry
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
deck
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From this reading Many feet pattered upon the deck.
discordantly
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
drunkenly
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
ears
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
essence
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
fear
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
fearful
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
feet
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From this reading Many feet pattered upon the deck.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
further
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great
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
grinding
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
hands
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
heard
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
horn
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
horrible
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
just
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
length
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
long
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
Many
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From this reading Many feet pattered upon the deck.
mass
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
men
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
more
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
oaths
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
once
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
other
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
out
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
pattered
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From this reading Many feet pattered upon the deck.
piercing
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
port
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
quivered
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
reel
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
rending
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
rose
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
settling
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
sharp
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
ship
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
shout
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
shouts
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
shrieked
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
shut
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
side
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
sound
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
swing
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
Then
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
There
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
trembled
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From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
two-score
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Many feet pattered upon the deck.
voices
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From this reading There rose above me a long, horrible cry, a shout blent discordantly of the voices of two-score men, a fearful sound as of the essence of brute fear.
wall
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From this reading The great horn boomed just once more--I heard it through my hands upon my ears as I cowered against the wall.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
whistle
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
whole
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then the deck quivered under my feet as a horrible, grinding, rending crash shut out every other sound, and the great ship trembled throughout her length, and began to reel drunkenly from side to side, settling over, with every swing, further and further to port.
wordless
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From this reading There were wordless shouts, shrieked oaths, sharp commands, the boatswain's whistle piercing through the whole mass of confused sound.
