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8th
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
All
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
articles
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From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
assist
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
cold
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
corpse
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
Curtis
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
dawned
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
daylight
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
delay
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
emaciated
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From this reading The body was frightfully emaciated, and I had every hope that it would not float.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The body was frightfully emaciated, and I had every hope that it would not float.
fellow's
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
few
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From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
float
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From this reading The body was frightfully emaciated, and I had every hope that it would not float.
frightfully
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From this reading The body was frightfully emaciated, and I had every hope that it would not float.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The body was frightfully emaciated, and I had every hope that it would not float.
Herbey
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
hope
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From this reading The body was frightfully emaciated, and I had every hope that it would not float.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
JANUARY
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
joined
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
knew
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
lieutenant's
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From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
light
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From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
melancholy
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From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
Miss
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
mother
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From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
mournful
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
night
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The body was frightfully emaciated, and I had every hope that it would not float.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
office
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
overboardadverbUS /ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/
from a ship into the water
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
pockets
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From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
precaution
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From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
proceeded
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From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
purposed
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From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
remit
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From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
sad
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
see
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From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
several
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
side
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
soon
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From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
survive
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From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
taking
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From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
task
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From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The body was frightfully emaciated, and I had every hope that it would not float.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
there
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
throwing
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From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
times
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Before daylight dawned the body was quite cold, and as I knew there must be no delay in throwing it overboard, I asked Curtis to assist me in the sad office.
watch
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From this reading JANUARY 8th.--All night I remained by the side of the poor fellow’s corpse, and several times Miss Herbey joined me in my mournful watch.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading As soon as it was quite light, taking every precaution that no one should see what we were about, Curtis and I proceeded to our melancholy task.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We took a few articles from the lieutenant’s pockets, which we purposed, if either of us should survive, to remit to his mother.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The body was frightfully emaciated, and I had every hope that it would not float.
