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according
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
Arcturion
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But spite of past calms and currents, land there must be to the westward.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
bough
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From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
calm
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From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
calms
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
currents
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From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
days
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
denote
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From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
described
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
due
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
encountered
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
estimation
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
fifty
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
floating
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From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
fore-chains
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
fourteen
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
frequent
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
hour
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
hundred
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
intermitting
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
knew
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
knots
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
land
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From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
leagues
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
light
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
loom
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
loose
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
many
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
more
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
most
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
noddy
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From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
notches
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
now
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
oar
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
past
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From this reading But spite of past calms and currents, land there must be to the westward.
precisely
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
prolonged
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
proximity
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From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
pushed
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
reckoning
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
reef-bird
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From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
run
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
sailed
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
Skyeman's
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
spite
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From this reading But spite of past calms and currents, land there must be to the westward.
swept
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From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
tern
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From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
There
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From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were now fourteen notches on the loom of the Skyeman’s oar:—So many days since we had pushed from the fore-chains of the Arcturion.
west
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
westwardadverbUS /ˈwɛstwərd/
toward the west
From this reading But spite of past calms and currents, land there must be to the westward.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading In that long calm, whither might not the currents have swept us?
winds
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From this reading Where we were precisely, we knew not; but according to our reckoning, the loose estimation of the knots run every hour, we must have sailed due west but little more than one hundred and fifty leagues; for the most part having encountered but light winds, and frequent intermitting calms, besides that prolonged one described.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading But as yet, no floating bough, no tern, noddy, nor reef-bird, to denote our proximity to land.
