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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 Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
a-whisper
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
ahead
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
air
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From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
alongside
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
Ariel
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
astern
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
board
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From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
boat
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From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
brass
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From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
craftnounUS /kræft/
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
cuddled
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
deck
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
diameter
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From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
eleven
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
exchangednounUS /ˈexchanged/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
expectancy
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From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
freshening
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
garrulous
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
Guinea
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
heeled
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the meanwhile, Michael.
Instead
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From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
invisible
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From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
Jerry
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From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
Kennan's
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
knots
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
Kwaque
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From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
lay
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
Lifted
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From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
lighted
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From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
logged
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
meanwhilenounUS /ˈmeanwhile/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the meanwhile, Michael.
Michael
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From this reading In the meanwhile, Michael.
moment
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
narrow
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From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
New
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
parted
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From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
press
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
room
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From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
saw
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From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
scuppersnounUS /ˈskʌpərz/
openings that allow water to drain from a ship’s deck
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
sea-welter
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
Shortlands
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
slant
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
sleeping-cot
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the meanwhile, Michael.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lifted through the air, exchanged into invisible hands that drew him through a narrow diameter of brass into a lighted room, Michael looked about him in expectancy of Jerry.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
trades
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
trim
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
Villa
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From this reading But Jerry, at that moment, lay cuddled beside Villa Kennan's sleeping-cot on the slant deck of the _Ariel_, as that trim craft, the Shortlands astern and New Guinea dead ahead, heeled her scuppers a-whisper and garrulous to the sea-welter alongside as she logged her eleven knots under the press of the freshening trades.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Instead of Jerry, from whom he had last parted on board a boat, Michael saw Kwaque.
