adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
awashadjectiveUS /əˈwɑːʃ/
covered with water
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
backadverbUS /bæk/
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
boardnounUS /bɔːrd/
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading The mainmast had gone by the board.
brokenadjectiveUS /ˈbroʊkən/
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
bulwarknounUS /ˈbʊlwərk/
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The mainmast had gone by the board.
carronades
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From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
cliffnounUS /klɪf/
a steep high face of rock
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
deadadjectiveUS /ded/
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
EVENINGnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading SUNDAY EVENING It was evening.
floatingadjectiveUS /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
gentlyadverbUS /ˈdʒentli/
in a gradual manner
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/
destroyed or killed
From this reading The mainmast had gone by the board.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
heavyadjectiveUS /ˈhevi/
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SUNDAY EVENING It was evening.
layverbUS /leɪ/
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
listverbUS /lɪst/
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
loosedverbUS /luːst/
past form of “loose” — grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
mainmastnoun
the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts
From this reading The mainmast had gone by the board.
mannounUS /mæn/
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
mooringsnounUS /ˈmuːrɪŋz/
plural of “mooring” — a place where a craft can be made fast
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
poundingnounUS /ˈpaʊndɪŋ/
repeated heavy blows
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
quarterdecknounUS /ˈkwɔːrtərdek/
the stern area of a ship's upper deck
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
reefnounUS /riːf/
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
sprawledverbUS /sprɔːld/
past form of “sprawl” — sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
starboardnounUS /ˈstɑːrbərd/
the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
SUNDAYnounUS /ˈsʌndeɪ/
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading SUNDAY EVENING It was evening.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her back was broken, she had a heavy list to starboard, and her bulwark was awash.
TremendousadjectiveUS /trəˈmendəs/
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The little _Tremendous_ lay under the cliff, pounding gently, gently, on a reef.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SUNDAY EVENING It was evening.
washverbUS /wɑːʃ/
clean with some chemical process
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
waternounUS /ˈwɔːtər/
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The quarterdeck carronades, loosed from their moorings, sprawled in the wash of the water, a dead man floating amongst them.
