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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 Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
all
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From this reading Now they were all gone.
always
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
BARTH
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From this reading "HARVEY BARTH, HIS DIARY."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
burned
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
cheeks
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
child
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
cliff
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
cold
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
DIARY
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From this reading "HARVEY BARTH, HIS DIARY."
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
farmers
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
friendly
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
galley
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From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
gone
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From this reading Now they were all gone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
HARVEY
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From this reading "HARVEY BARTH, HIS DIARY."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
high
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "HARVEY BARTH, HIS DIARY."
hot
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
kind
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
like
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
mate
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
months
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
most
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
Now
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From this reading Now they were all gone.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
often
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From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
pale
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
passenger
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From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
pipe
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From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
poetical
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
rough
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
seamen
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
seated
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From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
sense
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
Siah
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
smoked
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From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
sons
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
talk
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From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
tears
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
three
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
together
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
used
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
well
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From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
wept
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From this reading Harvey Barth stood on the high cliff and wept; not in a poetical sense, but cried like a little child, and the hot tears burned on his cold, thin pale cheeks.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Captain 'Siah had always used him well; the rough mate had been kind to him; and the seamen, most of whom, like himself, were farmers' sons, had been friendly during the three months they were together.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Even the passenger often seated himself in the galley to talk with him, as he smoked his pipe.
