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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 "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he smoked, the German Lieutenant's eyes strayed restlessly round the circle of the horizon.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
blue
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From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
brand
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From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
cabin
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From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
cannot
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From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
Captain's
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From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
cared
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From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
cargo
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From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
case
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From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
chart
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
cigarette
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
circle
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From this reading As he smoked, the German Lieutenant's eyes strayed restlessly round the circle of the horizon.
close
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From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
coincide
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From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
conning-tower
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
edge
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
everybody's
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From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
eyelashes
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From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
eyes
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From this reading As he smoked, the German Lieutenant's eyes strayed restlessly round the circle of the horizon.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
German
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
GOODnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
horizon
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From this reading As he smoked, the German Lieutenant's eyes strayed restlessly round the circle of the horizon.
HUNTING
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
Imperial
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
knees
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
Lieutenant's
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From this reading As he smoked, the German Lieutenant's eyes strayed restlessly round the circle of the horizon.
light
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From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
looted
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From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
man
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From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
methods
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From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
Navy
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
neutral
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From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
Oberleutnant
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
Otto
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
own
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From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
pale
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From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
particularly
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From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
previous
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From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
rather
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From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
reddened
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From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
relies
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From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
replenish
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From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
restlessly
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From this reading As he smoked, the German Lieutenant's eyes strayed restlessly round the circle of the horizon.
rims
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From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
round
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From this reading As he smoked, the German Lieutenant's eyes strayed restlessly round the circle of the horizon.
sat
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
small
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From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
smoked
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
Sperrgebiet
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
steamer
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From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
strayed
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From this reading As he smoked, the German Lieutenant's eyes strayed restlessly round the circle of the horizon.
Submarine's
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
tastes
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From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
together
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From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
von
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From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were small eyes of a pale blue, rather close together and reddened round the rims, with light eyelashes.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A man who relies upon such methods to replenish his cigarette case cannot, of course, expect everybody's tastes to coincide with his own.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "GOOD HUNTING" Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette.
