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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 I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
all
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
almost
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
blood-stain
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
captainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
conceives
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
deal
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From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
deeply
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From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
delirium
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
detriment
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
dollars
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
drunk
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
earth
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
education
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From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
event
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From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
face
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From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
fast
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From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
feels
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
fiend
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
hand
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
happen
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
hard
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From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
hell
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
hours
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
ineffaceable
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
like
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From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
loud
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From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
making
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
man
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From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
men
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
much
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From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
murder
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
natural
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
observed
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
occurrence
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
often
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
opinion
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
red
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From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
rough
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From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
safety
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
ships
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
shore
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
some
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
suffer
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
sunk
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From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
talked
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From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
then
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
thousand
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From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
tremens
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From this reading The men are then all drunk,-- some of them often in delirium tremens; and the captain feels no safety for his life except in making himself as terrible as a fiend.
voice
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From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
voyage
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From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading In my opinion it is little short of murder, if at all; but what would be murder on shore is almost a natural occurrence when done in such a hell on earth as one of these ships, in the first hours of the voyage.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I did not much like the captain from the first,--a hard, rough man, with little education, and nothing of the gentleman about him, a red face and a loud voice.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He observed that he "would not have had it happen for a thousand dollars," that being the amount of detriment which he conceives himself to suffer by the ineffaceable blood-stain on his hand.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He seemed a good deal excited, and talked fast and much about the event, but yet not as if it had sunk deeply into him.
