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Chapter V
“It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_. “The sea is filled with life. It is so populous that every day something new is happening. Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish. We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “It is so populous that every day something new is happening.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““The sea is filled with life.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “It is so populous that every day something new is happening.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.”
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
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From this reading We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
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From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
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From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
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From this reading “The sea is filled with life.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
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From this reading We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
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From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The sea is filled with life.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sea is filled with life.
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From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
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From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
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From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
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From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
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From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
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From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is so populous that every day something new is happening.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We’ll be having them fried for breakfast.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
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From this reading Almost as soon as we pass through the Golden Gate and head south we’ll pick up with the flying fish.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “It will not be so monotonous at sea,” I promised my fellow-voyagers on the _Snark_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “The sea is filled with life.
