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A BURIAL AT SEA. On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea. Corals soon grow over the grave. But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility. There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.”
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading “But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Corals soon grow over the grave.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Corals soon grow over the grave.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A BURIAL AT SEA.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A BURIAL AT SEA.
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From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading A BURIAL AT SEA.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.
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From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
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From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
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From this reading Corals soon grow over the grave.
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From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.
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From this reading But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.
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From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
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From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
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From this reading Corals soon grow over the grave.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.
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From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
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From this reading Corals soon grow over the grave.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
above and across; more than
From this reading Corals soon grow over the grave.
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From this reading But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.
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From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
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From this reading But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
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From this reading But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.
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From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading A BURIAL AT SEA.
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From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Corals soon grow over the grave.
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From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading But on a Danube craft, to throw a dead person into the river is a great responsibility.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
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From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On the ocean this is managed very easily: the body is sewed up in a piece of sail-cloth, and a cannon-ball is suspended to the feet, which sinks the corpse in the sea.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There are shores, and on the shores villages and towns, with church bells and priests, to give the corpse his funeral-toll and his rest in consecrated ground.
