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6th
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
aroused
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
asleep
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
boatswainnounUS /ˈboʊsən/
an officer responsible for deck crew and equipment
From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
brief
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
caught
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
close
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From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
Curtis
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
Curtis's
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
dark
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
dashing
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From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
DECEMBER
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
distinguish
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
faintly
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
fallen
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
few
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
figures
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
foam
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From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
four
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
got
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
gusts
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
heavy
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
holding
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
hours
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
intervals
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
Just
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From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
literally
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From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
livid-looking
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From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
made
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
main-top
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From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
masses
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From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
masts
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
moment
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From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
mounted
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From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
o'clock
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
occasionally
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
only
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
oscillating
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From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
out
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
purlin
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
raging
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From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
rigging
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From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
roaring
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
rudely
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
sailor
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From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
sea
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From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
sound
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
stern
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
terrifically
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From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
tightly
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
tremble
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
tried
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
tumult
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
two
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
up
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
violence
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
voice
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From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
voices
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From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
waves
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From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sea was literally raging beneath, and great masses of livid-looking foam were dashing between the masts, which were oscillating terrifically.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Just at that moment a sailor, who had mounted to the main-top to do something to the rigging, passed close behind me.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was still dark, and I could only faintly distinguish two figures on the stern, whom, by the sound of their voices, that I caught occasionally above the tumult, I made out to be Curtis and the boatswain.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DECEMBER 6th.--I must have fallen asleep for a few hours, when at four o’clock in the morning, I was rudely aroused by the roaring of the wind, and could distinguish Curtis’s voice as he shouted in the brief intervals between the heavy gusts.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I got up, and holding tightly to the purlin--for the waves made the masts tremble with their violence--I tried to look around and below me.
