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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 I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
according
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
ahead
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
AMSTERDAM
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From this reading AMSTERDAM ISLAND.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
aroused
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From this reading Yan Bol aroused me.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
blow
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
body
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From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
Bol
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From this reading Yan Bol aroused me.
breeze
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
busy
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From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
came
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
day
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
daybreak
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
exhausting
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From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
fell
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
hard
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
hoped
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
ISLAND
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From this reading AMSTERDAM ISLAND.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
less
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From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
little
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
long
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From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
make
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
manner
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From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yan Bol aroused me.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
morning
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
next
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
night
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From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
prospered
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
rain
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
reckoning
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
rendered
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From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
secrecy
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From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
shifted
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
sighted
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
sleeping
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From this reading I was sleeping soundly.
soundly
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From this reading I was sleeping soundly.
squalls
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
toil
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From this reading I had been busy throughout the long night--busy after a manner of secrecy that had rendered my toil not less exhausting to my mind than to my body.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was sleeping soundly.
watch
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
wind
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From this reading I had hoped to make the Island of Amsterdam next day; had the wind prospered we should have sighted it according to my reckoning; but in the morning watch, a little after daybreak, the breeze fell, shifted, and came on to blow ahead in hard rain squalls.
Yan
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From this reading Yan Bol aroused me.
