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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 Hesitation, because I relied on McWhirter to keep a record.
account
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
accuracy
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading At dawn, the morning after we anchored, Charlie Jones roused me, grinning.
anchored
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From this reading At dawn, the morning after we anchored, Charlie Jones roused me, grinning.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now I come, with some hesitation, to the trial.
appears
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
away
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Hesitation, because I relied on McWhirter to keep a record.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
carried
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
Charlie
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From this reading At dawn, the morning after we anchored, Charlie Jones roused me, grinning.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now I come, with some hesitation, to the trial.
dawn
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From this reading At dawn, the morning after we anchored, Charlie Jones roused me, grinning.
down
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
evening
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
excitement
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
expense
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
Friend
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From this reading “Friend of yours over the rail, Leslie,” he said.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
grinning
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From this reading At dawn, the morning after we anchored, Charlie Jones roused me, grinning.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Friend of yours over the rail, Leslie,” he said.
hesitation
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From this reading And now I come, with some hesitation, to the trial.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And now I come, with some hesitation, to the trial.
Jones
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From this reading At dawn, the morning after we anchored, Charlie Jones roused me, grinning.
jotted
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
keep
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From this reading Hesitation, because I relied on McWhirter to keep a record.
Leslie
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From this reading “Friend of yours over the rail, Leslie,” he said.
like
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
made
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
McWhirter
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From this reading Hesitation, because I relied on McWhirter to keep a record.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At dawn, the morning after we anchored, Charlie Jones roused me, grinning.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At dawn, the morning after we anchored, Charlie Jones roused me, grinning.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
notes
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
noticeable
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
now
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From this reading And now I come, with some hesitation, to the trial.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hesitation, because I relied on McWhirter to keep a record.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Friend of yours over the rail, Leslie,” he said.
rail
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From this reading “Friend of yours over the rail, Leslie,” he said.
record
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From this reading Hesitation, because I relied on McWhirter to keep a record.
relied
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From this reading Hesitation, because I relied on McWhirter to keep a record.
roused
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From this reading At dawn, the morning after we anchored, Charlie Jones roused me, grinning.
rows
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
said
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From this reading “Friend of yours over the rail, Leslie,” he said.
some
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From this reading And now I come, with some hesitation, to the trial.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And now I come, with some hesitation, to the trial.
times
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And now I come, with some hesitation, to the trial.
trial
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From this reading And now I come, with some hesitation, to the trial.
unintelligible
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
up
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
waited
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At dawn, the morning after we anchored, Charlie Jones roused me, grinning.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And now I come, with some hesitation, to the trial.
woman's
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
words
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From this reading And McWhirter, from his notes, appears to have been carried away at times by excitement, and either jotted down rows of unintelligible words, or waited until evening and made up his notes, like a woman’s expense account, from a memory never noticeable for accuracy.
yourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Friend of yours over the rail, Leslie,” he said.
