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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 Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
Admiralty
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
Announcement
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
barked
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
beam
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
bellying
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
blew
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
bridges
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From this reading The figures on the bridges of the destroyers wiped the stinging spray from their swollen eyelids and read the message of comfort.
bright-coloured
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
bunting
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
captainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
clips
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
comfort
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From this reading The figures on the bridges of the destroyers wiped the stinging spray from their swollen eyelids and read the message of comfort.
cruiser
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
destroyers
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
dropped
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
eyelids
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From this reading The figures on the bridges of the destroyers wiped the stinging spray from their swollen eyelids and read the message of comfort.
feet
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
figures
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From this reading The figures on the bridges of the destroyers wiped the stinging spray from their swollen eyelids and read the message of comfort.
fingers
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
flag-lockers
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
flutteringverbUS /ˈflʌtərɪŋ/
moving with quick light beats or trembles
From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
gale
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
gave
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
glanced
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
glass
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
grey
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
group
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
halliards
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
hoist
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
hundredth
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
labouring
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
lee
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
lowering
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
masthead
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
message
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From this reading The figures on the bridges of the destroyers wiped the stinging spray from their swollen eyelids and read the message of comfort.
numbed
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
only
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
read
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From this reading The figures on the bridges of the destroyers wiped the stinging spray from their swollen eyelids and read the message of comfort.
regrets
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
repetition
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
report
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
round
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
scuffled
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
shelter-deck
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
signal
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
signalmen
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
signals
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
sky
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
snapped
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
spray
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From this reading The figures on the bridges of the destroyers wiped the stinging spray from their swollen eyelids and read the message of comfort.
stamped
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
stinging
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From this reading The figures on the bridges of the destroyers wiped the stinging spray from their swollen eyelids and read the message of comfort.
stubbornly
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
SURVIVOR
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From this reading THE SURVIVOR “ ...
swollen
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From this reading The figures on the bridges of the destroyers wiped the stinging spray from their swollen eyelids and read the message of comfort.
teeth
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SURVIVOR “ ...
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
Then
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
together
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
two
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From this reading And regrets to report only one survivor.”-- _Admiralty Announcement._ The glass dropped another point, and the captain of the cruiser glanced for the hundredth time from the lowering sky to the two destroyers labouring stubbornly in the teeth of the gale on either beam.
vivid
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From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two of the group scuffled round the bright-coloured bunting: the clips of the halliards snapped a hoist together, and vivid against the grey sky the signal went bellying and fluttering to the masthead.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
wiped
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From this reading The figures on the bridges of the destroyers wiped the stinging spray from their swollen eyelids and read the message of comfort.
yeoman
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From this reading Then he gave an order to the yeoman of signals, who barked its repetition to the shelter-deck where the little group of signalmen stamped their feet and blew on their numbed fingers in the lee of the flag-lockers.
