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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 Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
accustomed
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
All
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From this reading All this time matters were elsewhere passing in their usual train.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
burned
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From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
Curtain
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From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
cutter
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From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
deck
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From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
DrewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
dull
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From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
early
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
elsewhere
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From this reading All this time matters were elsewhere passing in their usual train.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
faint
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From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
females
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From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
hold
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
Jasper
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
land-breeze
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
like
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
main
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
man
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From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
matters
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From this reading All this time matters were elsewhere passing in their usual train.
Mr
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From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
Muir
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From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
night
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From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
NonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
pallets
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
passing
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From this reading All this time matters were elsewhere passing in their usual train.
people
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From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
Priam's
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From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
rising
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
SHAKESPEARE
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From this reading SHAKESPEARE.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
soldiers
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
sought
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
spiritless
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From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading All this time matters were elsewhere passing in their usual train.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All this time matters were elsewhere passing in their usual train.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All this time matters were elsewhere passing in their usual train.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
train
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From this reading All this time matters were elsewhere passing in their usual train.
Troy
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From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
two
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From this reading None remained on deck but the people of the cutter, Mr. Muir, and the two females.
usual
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From this reading All this time matters were elsewhere passing in their usual train.
vessel
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
waiting
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
weather
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From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All this time matters were elsewhere passing in their usual train.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Jasper, like the weather and his vessel, seemed to be waiting for the land-breeze; while the soldiers, accustomed to early rising, had, to a man, sought their pallets in the main hold.
woe-begone
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From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's Curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burned.
