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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
accommodated
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
acquainted
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From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
all
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From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
Aouda
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
became
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From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
China
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
comfortable
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
Company's
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
days
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
difficult
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
eleven
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
engines
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
expression
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From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
fast
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
five
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
Fix
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From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
Fogg
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
four
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
gave
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From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
gratitude
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From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
horse-power
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
hundred
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
India
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
iron
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
Japan
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
lady
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
matter
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
miles
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
Mongolia
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
Mrs
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
O
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
occasion
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From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
only
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
P
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
Phileas
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
please
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
plying
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
portion
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From this reading During the first portion of the voyage she became well acquainted with Phileas Fogg, and gave expression to her great gratitude on every occasion.
Rangoon
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
said
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From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
say
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
scarcely
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
screw
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
seven
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
seventy
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
steamer
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
steamingnounUS /ˈsteaming/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
thousand
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
three
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
tons
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
twelve
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
vessels
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From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
voyage
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
well
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Fix does not at all understand what is said to him.
wished
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From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The _Rangoon_, one of the P. and O. Company's vessels, plying between India, China, and Japan, was an iron screw steamer of about one thousand seven hundred and seventy tons, with engines of four hundred horse-power.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She was as fast but not so comfortable as the _Mongolia_, and Mrs. Aouda was scarcely as well accommodated as Phileas Fogg would have wished.
young
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From this reading But as the voyage was only three thousand five hundred miles, that is to say eleven or twelve days' steaming, and the young lady was not difficult to please, it was no great matter.
