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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 Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
anchored
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
Apparition
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
Armed
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
beat
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The roadstead between the island and the main was not at present much choked with ice.
Boarders
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
Boat
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
Bones
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
British
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
BrokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
cable's
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
Chief
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
choked
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From this reading The roadstead between the island and the main was not at present much choked with ice.
Company's
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
CouncilnounUS /council/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
east
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
eleven
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From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
Esquimau
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From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
fairly
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From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
fathoms
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The weather had held fine.
Fired
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
friends
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From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
Gun
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
Hasty
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
held
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From this reading The weather had held fine.
hold
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
Husky
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
ice
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From this reading The roadstead between the island and the main was not at present much choked with ice.
ice-field
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
ice-island
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
Indignant
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
Instead
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
island
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
Jaws
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
Lion
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
M
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From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
main
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From this reading The roadstead between the island and the main was not at present much choked with ice.
mile
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
much
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From this reading The roadstead between the island and the main was not at present much choked with ice.
near
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From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The roadstead between the island and the main was not at present much choked with ice.
o'clock
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From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
out
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
P
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From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
Palmleaf
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
parted
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From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
present
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From this reading The roadstead between the island and the main was not at present much choked with ice.
Red-Face
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
Repel
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
roadstead
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From this reading The roadstead between the island and the main was not at present much choked with ice.
ShipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
straits
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
SuddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
sunset
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From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
thirteen
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
up
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From this reading Instead of standing out into the straits, we beat up for about a mile along the ice-field, and anchored in thirteen fathoms, at about a cable's length from the island, to the east of the ice-island.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M.,--after sunset.
waxes
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
weather
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From this reading The weather had held fine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The roadstead between the island and the main was not at present much choked with ice.
wrathful
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From this reading The Husky Chief.--Palmleaf Indignant.--A Gun.--Sudden Apparition of the Company's Ship.--We hold a Hasty Council.--In the Jaws of the British Lion.--An Armed Boat.--Repel Boarders!--Red-Face waxes wrathful.--Fired on, but no Bones Broken.
