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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 AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
aboard
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
ahead
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
back
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
boom
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
bring
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
broader
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
captain
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
close
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From this reading The sloop, close hauled to the wind, drifted slowly into the tributary river.
Dred
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
drifted
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From this reading The sloop, close hauled to the wind, drifted slowly into the tributary river.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
far
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
gets
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
going
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
gunner
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
hauled
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From this reading The sloop, close hauled to the wind, drifted slowly into the tributary river.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
held
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
Jack
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
James
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
joined
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
lady
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
lesser
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
like
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
little
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
looked
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
lounged
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
low
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
mainsail
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
man
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
MARLBOROUGH
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
Morton
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
mouth
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
named
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
nobody'll
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
noon
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
now
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
o
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
opened
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
out
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
p'int
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
pirate
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
pirates
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
rail
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
reckon
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
river
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From this reading The sloop, close hauled to the wind, drifted slowly into the tributary river.
said
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
sailed
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
see
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
sloop
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
slowly
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From this reading The sloop, close hauled to the wind, drifted slowly into the tributary river.
SOME
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
speak
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
stooping
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
stream
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
talking
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
then
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
they're
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
time
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
tones
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
tributary
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From this reading The sloop, close hauled to the wind, drifted slowly into the tributary river.
turning
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From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
up
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
waters
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
wheel
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From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The pirate captain lounged upon the rail not far from Dred, who held the wheel, stooping as he looked out ahead under the boom of the mainsail.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
wide
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From this reading AT MARLBOROUGH SOME time a little after noon the sloop sailed into the wide mouth of a lesser stream that opened into the broader waters of the James.
wind
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From this reading The sloop, close hauled to the wind, drifted slowly into the tributary river.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The gunner, a man named Morton, joined the pirate captain, with whom he stood talking for a while in low tones, Dred every now and then turning to speak to them.
yonder
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
young
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From this reading “I reckon they’re going to bring her up back o’ the p’int yonder,” said one of the pirates to Jack, where nobody’ll be like to see us till we gets our young lady aboard.
