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Tom Grogan

Chapter IV

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The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.
The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.
He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.
As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.
She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Tom Grogan

Chapter IV

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.
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The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.
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He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.
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As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.
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She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.”

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.”

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.”

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.”

However adverb US /ˌhaʊˈevər/

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading “As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.”

Ship noun US /ship/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.”

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.”

Went noun US /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.”

While conjunction US /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading “The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.”

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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 driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.

alive

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

anytime

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From this reading He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

big

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

blue-eyed

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

boarding-house

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

boyhood

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

Carl

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

change

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

comfortable

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.

cracking

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

currying

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

deck

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

delightful

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

driver

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

feeding

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

fell

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From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

fellow

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

felt

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From this reading He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

given

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

gradually

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From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.

Grogan

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

highway

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

hungry

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

ice

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.

influence

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From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

keeper

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

light-haired

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

marlinespike

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

months

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From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

near

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From this reading He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.

Nilsson

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

Norse

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From this reading She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

penniless

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

picked

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

public

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

read

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From this reading She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.

reminded

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From this reading She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.

robbed

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

sailor

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

sailors

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

savings

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

sea

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

ShepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.

shipnounUS /ship/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.

ship's

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

spell

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From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

Swede

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

three

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

Tom

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

Tom's

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From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

too

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From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

twenty-two

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

up

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

warm

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From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

water

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From this reading He had felt that he could ship again at anytime, the water was so near.

wentnounUS /went/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading As the months went by, however, he, too, gradually fell under the spell of Tom's influence.

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The change from cracking ice from a ship's deck with a marlinespike, to currying and feeding something alive and warm and comfortable, was so delightful to the Swede that he had given up the sea for a while.

women

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From this reading She reminded him of the great Norse women he had read about in his boyhood.

year's

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

years

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.

young

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From this reading The driver was Carl Nilsson, a Swede, a big, blue-eyed, light-haired young fellow of twenty-two, a sailor from boyhood, who three years before, on a public highway, had been picked up penniless and hungry by Tom Grogan, after the keeper of a sailors' boarding-house had robbed him of his year's savings.