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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 She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
able
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From this reading If George Belding felt any qualms, he was able to repress them.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
any
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From this reading If George Belding felt any qualms, he was able to repress them.
anyway
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
Bay
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
Belding
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From this reading If George Belding felt any qualms, he was able to repress them.
Biscay
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
bucking
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
Colodia
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From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
combers
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
come
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
crew
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From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
cross
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
cruise
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
cut
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From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
destroyer
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From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
dipped
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
enough
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
fashion
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
father's
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
felt
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From this reading If George Belding felt any qualms, he was able to repress them.
fish
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
foot
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From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
gave
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From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
George
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From this reading If George Belding felt any qualms, he was able to repress them.
good
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
habit
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From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If George Belding felt any qualms, he was able to repress them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
hull
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From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
hundred
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From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If George Belding felt any qualms, he was able to repress them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
just
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
like
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
pilot
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
proved
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
qualms
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From this reading If George Belding felt any qualms, he was able to repress them.
rather
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From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
repress
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From this reading If George Belding felt any qualms, he was able to repress them.
right
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
rode
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From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
rolled
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
sailor
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
sea
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
seaman
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
seasoned
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From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
seaworthy
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
sharp
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From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
stand
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From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
stiff
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If George Belding felt any qualms, he was able to repress them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
three
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From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
tolerable
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
transformed
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
tremendously
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
tumbling
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From this reading One had to be well seasoned to her habit to stand such a tumbling about as the _Colodia_ gave her crew.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
waves
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From this reading The sharp hull of the three hundred foot destroyer cut through rather than rode the waves.
well
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From this reading She was seaworthy enough, but in a cross sea like this, she rolled and dipped tremendously, as well as bucking right through the combers after the fashion of a pilot fish.
yacht
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From this reading He was a good sailor anyway, and having just come from a stiff cruise in the Bay of Biscay in his father’s transformed yacht, he proved himself to be a tolerable seaman.
