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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Then I rose and looked about.
Alec
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From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
all
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From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading In the bunks lay the others, or on heaps of padded canvas along the floor.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
arguing
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AroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
bunks
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From this reading In the bunks lay the others, or on heaps of padded canvas along the floor.
canvas
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From this reading In the bunks lay the others, or on heaps of padded canvas along the floor.
crawled
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
deck
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
difficulty
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
DRIFTED
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father
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floor
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From this reading In the bunks lay the others, or on heaps of padded canvas along the floor.
Gordon
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From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
Grier
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Grim
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groaning
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
heaps
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From this reading In the bunks lay the others, or on heaps of padded canvas along the floor.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
HOW
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From this reading HOW THE "LASS" WAS DRIFTED.
howling
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
knees
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
lashed
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From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
LASS
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lay
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From this reading In the bunks lay the others, or on heaps of padded canvas along the floor.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I rose and looked about.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
mutteredverbUS /ˈmʌtərd/
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In the bunks lay the others, or on heaps of padded canvas along the floor.
others
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From this reading In the bunks lay the others, or on heaps of padded canvas along the floor.
own
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
padded
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From this reading In the bunks lay the others, or on heaps of padded canvas along the floor.
pitching
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
Robin
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rose
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From this reading Then I rose and looked about.
seeming
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some
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stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
table
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From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
thanked
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THE "LASS" WAS DRIFTED.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
Then
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From this reading Then I rose and looked about.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
thrill
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
tongues
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From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
top
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From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
tossing
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
WASauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW THE "LASS" WAS DRIFTED.
water
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
waves
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
way
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Around the table were lashed my father, Alec Gordon, and Robin Grier, all arguing at the top of their tongues.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
words
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From this reading On hands and knees, the deck beneath me groaning and pitching to the tossing of the great waves, and the howling wind still seeming to thrill those muttered words to me, I crawled on and with some difficulty brought the water to Grim, who thanked me in his own way.
