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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 The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
Bay
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
Chesapeake
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
Choptank
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From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
created
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
creeks
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From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
cruising
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
deck
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
dozens
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From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
Eastern
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From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
empty
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From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
Even
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From this reading Even some of the tributaries have tributaries.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
explore
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
Flying
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
forming
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
fraction
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
houseboat
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From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
image
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
lifetime
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
like
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
looks
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
maze
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
mental
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
miles
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
most
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From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
mouth
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From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
moved
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From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
navigable
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
octopus
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
once
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
phrase
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
plan
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
principal
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From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
result
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
river
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From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
Rivers
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From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
said
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
Shore
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From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
some
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From this reading Even some of the tributaries have tributaries.
SomeonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
Spindrift
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From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
steadily
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From this reading The cruising houseboat _Spindrift_ moved steadily across the mouth of one of the principal waterways of the Eastern Shore, the Choptank River.
Stingaree
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
story
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
take
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
tells
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From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Flying Stingaree Someone once said that the Chesapeake Bay "looks like the deck plan of an octopus," but the mental image created by the phrase tells but a fraction of the story.
thousands
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
tributaries
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From this reading Rivers and creeks empty into the bay by the dozens, and every river, and most of the creeks, have tributaries.
waters
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
waterways
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
weekend
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From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The result is thousands of miles of navigable waters, forming a maze of waterways that it would take most of a lifetime of weekend cruising to explore.
