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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 LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
Afterwards
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From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
air-pipe
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
Arcturus
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
bad
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
baffled
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From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
beach
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
bilge
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
bolted
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
breaking
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
cover
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
crawl
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
dangerous
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
day
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
divers
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
diving
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From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
down
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
dragged
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
efforts
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From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
empty
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
engine-room
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From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
entangled
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
exhausted
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
fell
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
felt
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
floor
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From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
GOODnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
goods
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
got
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
gratings
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
health
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
heat
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
heavy
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
holds
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
holes
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
horribly
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
ill
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
jar
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
kept
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
ladders
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
LISTER
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
machinery
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
MAKES
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
mate's
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
men
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
most
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From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
nerve
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
occupied
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
oilnounUS /ɔɪl/
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
plates
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
pluck
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
poisonous
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
pump-gang
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
puncheons
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
reach
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From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
row
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
scorching
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
sick
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
signal-line
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
slacker
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
slanted
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
some
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
sun
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
swamps
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
toil
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
top
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
trailed
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
unconscious
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
undertook
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From this reading Afterwards, for the most part, Lister undertook the diving, but for long his efforts to reach the floor of the engine-room were baffled.
up
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
vapors
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From this reading The heat and poisonous vapors from the swamps had broken his health, and he got a bad jar one day his air-pipe entangled and the pump-gang dragged him, unconscious, to the top.
vessel's
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From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
water
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From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
weedy
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From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The divers had bolted on plates to cover the holes in the vessel's bilge before one fell ill and his mate's nerve went.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading To crawl across slanted gratings and down weedy ladders, while air-pipe and signal-line trailed about the machinery, was horribly dangerous, but he kept it up, although he got slacker and felt his pluck was breaking.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading LISTER MAKES GOOD _Arcturus'_ holds were empty and a long row of oil puncheons occupied the beach, but the men who had dragged the goods from the water were exhausted by heavy toil in the scorching sun, and some were sick.
