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Chapter LXIX
“Haul in the chains! Let the carcase go astern!” The vast tackles have now done their duty. The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk. It is still colossal.
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draw slowly or heavily
From this reading ““Haul in the chains!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
any thing at all
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
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From this reading Let the carcase go astern!”
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From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
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From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
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From this reading Let the carcase go astern!”
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From this reading “Haul in the chains!
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From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
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From this reading It is still colossal.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The vast tackles have now done their duty.
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading The vast tackles have now done their duty.
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From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
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From this reading Let the carcase go astern!”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
draw slowly or heavily
From this reading “Haul in the chains!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The vast tackles have now done their duty.
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From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Haul in the chains!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is still colossal.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let the carcase go astern!”
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From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
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From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
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From this reading The vast tackles have now done their duty.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
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From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is still colossal.
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From this reading The vast tackles have now done their duty.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Haul in the chains!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The vast tackles have now done their duty.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
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From this reading The vast tackles have now done their duty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.
