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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 This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
All
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
anxiety
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
arose
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
better
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From this reading This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
blew
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
boatswainnounUS /ˈboʊsən/
an officer responsible for deck crew and equipment
From this reading This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
Bol
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From this reading This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
Bol's
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
brig
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
captain
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
carried
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
cause
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
crew
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
critical
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
decks
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From this reading This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
die
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
duties
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
eye
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
fault
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
fear
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
find
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
freshening
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
further
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
giving
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
Greaves
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
Horn
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
how
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
ill
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
indeed
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
lay
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
little
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
nature
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
never
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From this reading This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
occasioning
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
once
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
other
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
paint
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
part
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
pot
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
prove
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
quietly
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
quitted
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
redoubled
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
respects
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
say
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From this reading This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
ship
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
smart
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
Thames
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WHALER.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
trod
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From this reading This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
trouble
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
vessel
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From this reading This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
vigilance
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
wanted
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
week
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From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
went
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We wanted, indeed, the freshening of the paint pot, but in all other respects we were as smart a little ship, as we blew toward the Horn, as though we had quitted the Thames but a week before.
WHALER
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From this reading THE WHALER.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading This will I say of Bol: a better boatswain never trod the decks of a vessel.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
work
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From this reading All this while the crew went on quietly with the work of the ship, giving me no trouble nor occasioning me further anxiety than such as arose from my fear of how it might prove with us should the captain die.
Yan
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From this reading I carried by nature a critical eye, and while Greaves lay ill my vigilance was redoubled; but not once had I cause to find fault with Yan Bol’s part in the duties of the brig.
