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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 At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
Adams
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
all
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
aloft
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
attitudes
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
bells
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading I heard the crash and joined Burns, and together we went over the deck and, both houses.
brained
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
breathing
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
Burns
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
called
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
carried
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
chests
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
companionway
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
crash
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From this reading I heard the crash and joined Burns, and together we went over the deck and, both houses.
crawling
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
crow's-nest
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
darkest
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
dawn
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
deck
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
dittybags
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
down
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
early
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
escaped
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
exhausted
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
flinging
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
fours
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
heard
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From this reading I heard the crash and joined Burns, and together we went over the deck and, both houses.
heavily
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
hour
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
houses
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From this reading I heard the crash and joined Burns, and together we went over the deck and, both houses.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I heard the crash and joined Burns, and together we went over the deck and, both houses.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
incident
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From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
jail-room
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
joined
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From this reading I heard the crash and joined Burns, and together we went over the deck and, both houses.
marlinespike
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
moment
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
narrowly
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
night
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From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
Oleson
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I heard the crash and joined Burns, and together we went over the deck and, both houses.
panic
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
precedes
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
quiet
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
ran
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
revolver
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
Singleton
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
six
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
sleep
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
summer
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
there
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From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
together
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From this reading I heard the crash and joined Burns, and together we went over the deck and, both houses.
unable
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From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
various
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
verify
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From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At six bells, during the darkest hour of the night that precedes the early dawn of summer, Adams, from the crow’s-nest, called down, in a panic, that there was something crawling on all fours on the deck below him.
watch
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From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I heard the crash and joined Burns, and together we went over the deck and, both houses.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
wheel
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From this reading Everything was quiet: the crew in various attitudes of exhausted sleep, their chests and dittybags around them; Oleson at the wheel; and Singleton in his jail-room, breathing heavily.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Burns, on watch at the companionway, ran forward with his revolver, and narrowly escaped being brained—Adams at that moment flinging down a marlinespike that he had carried aloft with him.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The night passed without incident, except for one thing that we were unable to verify.
