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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 The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
althoughconjunctionUS /ˌɔːlˈðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
assistant
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
beautiful
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Kit had never seen so many facilities before for doing good and rapid work.
better
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
built
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
Cape
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
carrying
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
Clark
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
consignees
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
copying-press
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
desk
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
difference
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
different
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
doing
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
duplicates
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
facilities
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
freight
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
freighter
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
friend
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
good
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From this reading Kit had never seen so many facilities before for doing good and rapid work.
great
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
hardly
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
help
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading OVERBOARD IN THE PITCH LAKE.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
Kit
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
labor
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
LAKE
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From this reading OVERBOARD IN THE PITCH LAKE.
leaving
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
liking
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
little
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
mail
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
make
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
manifest
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
many
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
miscellaneous
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
modern
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
more
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
Mr
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
much
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
needed
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
never
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From this reading Kit had never seen so many facilities before for doing good and rapid work.
new
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
North
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
office
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
old
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
once
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
only
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
OVERBOARD
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From this reading OVERBOARD IN THE PITCH LAKE.
packages
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
passenger
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
PITCH
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From this reading OVERBOARD IN THE PITCH LAKE.
ports
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
purser
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
rapid
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From this reading Kit had never seen so many facilities before for doing good and rapid work.
ready
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
regretted
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
seen
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From this reading Kit had never seen so many facilities before for doing good and rapid work.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
solely
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
steamer
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
surroundings
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
ten
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OVERBOARD IN THE PITCH LAKE.
there
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
thousands
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
times
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
Trinidad
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
up
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
vastly
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
vessel
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From this reading The difference between a modern mail and passenger steamer and a vessel built solely for carrying freight is so great that Kit could hardly help liking his new surroundings, much as he regretted leaving his old friend the _North Cape_.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
work
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From this reading On the _Trinidad_ there was a beautiful little office for the purser, in which Mr. Clark had one desk and his assistant another; and although the work was ten times as great as on the freighter, the facilities for doing it were ten times better.
written
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From this reading It was vastly more labor to make up the manifest where there were thousands of miscellaneous packages for different consignees at different ports; but it had to be written only once, for there was the copying-press ready to make as many duplicates as might be needed.
