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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 He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
addition
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
Algerine
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
all
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
althoughconjunctionUS /ˌɔːlˈðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
arm
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
asserted
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
broad
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
came
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
cannonade
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From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
condition
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
couch
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From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
crew
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
deck
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
distressed
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
enough
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
escape
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
forest
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
frame
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
gigantic
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
knew
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
knots
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
lee
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From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
left
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
life
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
like
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
likely
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
lying
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From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
make
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
man
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
matter
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
Midst
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
more
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
morning
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
muscles
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
MysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
Next
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
oak
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
Ocean
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
out
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
pistol
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
promised
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
received
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
recover
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
rescued
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
rough
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From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
saw
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
seemed
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
Ship
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
shot
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
skin
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
spite
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
stand
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From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
stature
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
swimming
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
tanned
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
too
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From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
trunk
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From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
vessel
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From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
weak
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From this reading He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand.
welcome
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From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Of the Mysterious Ship in the Midst of the Ocean Next morning when I came on deck I saw the man we had rescued from the Algerine vessel.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All this I saw in spite of his distressed condition, and should he recover, which seemed likely enough, he promised to make a welcome addition to our crew.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was a man of gigantic stature, broad in frame, and with muscles that stood out beneath his tanned skin like knots on the trunk of a forest oak.
wondered
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From this reading He had received a pistol shot in the left arm, so that his escape was all the more to be wondered at, although he asserted that while swimming for his life he knew nothing of the matter.
