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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 "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
aboard
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
all
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From this reading An' I was mighty keerful to read the names on all the boxes.
altogether
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
back
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
boat
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
boxes
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But nary a thing could I see that ever had growed on a tree.
Christmas
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But nary a thing could I see that ever had growed on a tree.
day
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
deck
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
dinner
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But nary a thing could I see that ever had growed on a tree.
for'ard
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
four
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
fresh
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
got
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
growed
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From this reading But nary a thing could I see that ever had growed on a tree.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
herrin's
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From this reading Some was meat-pies, an' some was salmon, an' some was potted herrin's, an' some was lobsters.
hot
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
hull
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading An' I was mighty keerful to read the names on all the boxes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
jolliest
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
keerful
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From this reading An' I was mighty keerful to read the names on all the boxes.
load
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
loads
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
lobsters
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From this reading Some was meat-pies, an' some was salmon, an' some was potted herrin's, an' some was lobsters.
meat-pies
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From this reading Some was meat-pies, an' some was salmon, an' some was potted herrin's, an' some was lobsters.
men
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
mighty
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From this reading An' I was mighty keerful to read the names on all the boxes.
names
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From this reading An' I was mighty keerful to read the names on all the boxes.
nary
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From this reading But nary a thing could I see that ever had growed on a tree.
Ocean
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading An' I was mighty keerful to read the names on all the boxes.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
out
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
Pacific
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
potted
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From this reading Some was meat-pies, an' some was salmon, an' some was potted herrin's, an' some was lobsters.
put
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
read
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From this reading An' I was mighty keerful to read the names on all the boxes.
salmon
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From this reading Some was meat-pies, an' some was salmon, an' some was potted herrin's, an' some was lobsters.
see
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From this reading But nary a thing could I see that ever had growed on a tree.
seen
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
sir
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
Some
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From this reading Some was meat-pies, an' some was salmon, an' some was potted herrin's, an' some was lobsters.
soon
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From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
steamer's
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But nary a thing could I see that ever had growed on a tree.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
there
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But nary a thing could I see that ever had growed on a tree.
three
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An' I was mighty keerful to read the names on all the boxes.
tree
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From this reading But nary a thing could I see that ever had growed on a tree.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading An' I was mighty keerful to read the names on all the boxes.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
Well
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "As soon as we had got our boxes aboard, four fresh men put out in the boat, an' after a while they come back with another load.
wreck
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From this reading "Well, sir, there was three loads brought in altogether, an' the Christmas dinner we had on the for'ard deck of that steamer's hull was about the jolliest one that was ever seen of a hot day aboard of a wreck in the Pacific Ocean.
