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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 But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
abeamadverbUS /əˈbiːm/
at right angles to a ship’s side
From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
all
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I asked Hermann, at the wheel.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I asked Hermann, at the wheel.
Bay
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “What do you make that out to be?”
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
big
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From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
blotted
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From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
brave
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
Cape
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
Columbia
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
Comptroller
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
craftnounUS /kræft/
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you make that out to be?”
eastward
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From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
entrance
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
evening
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From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
fast
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From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
filled
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From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
fled
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
Hermann
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From this reading I asked Hermann, at the wheel.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked Hermann, at the wheel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
like
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What do you make that out to be?”
making
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From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
Martin
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
Nuku-hiva
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
opening
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
out
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From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
overtaking
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From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
past
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
race
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From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
rain-squall
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From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
River
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
Rock
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
SailnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
salmon-boat
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
smashing
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
Snark
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From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
southeast
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From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
southeasternmost
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
spinnaker
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From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
spritsail
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
swell
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
trade
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From this reading But that little craft, her big spinnaker filled by the southeast trade, was making a good race of it.
Ua-huka
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From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
up
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To the eastward Ua-huka was being blotted out by an evening rain-squall that was fast overtaking the _Snark_.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
weather
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do you make that out to be?”
wheel
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From this reading I asked Hermann, at the wheel.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
wide
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
world
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From this reading Cape Martin, the southeasternmost point of Nuku-hiva, was abeam, and Comptroller Bay was opening up as we fled past its wide entrance, where Sail Rock, for all the world like the spritsail of a Columbia River salmon-boat, was making brave weather of it in the smashing southeast swell.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you make that out to be?”
