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42
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
ahead
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
arresters
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
away
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
battle-stations
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From this reading On deck the men were at the battle-stations, standing motionless and silent.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
betwixtprepositionUS /biˈtwɪkst/
an old word for “between”
From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
bows
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From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
Calder's
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From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
churned
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
columns
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
course
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
craft
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
dark
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From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
darkness
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
deck
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From this reading On deck the men were at the battle-stations, standing motionless and silent.
destroyer
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
destroyers
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
direction
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
distinguish
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From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
E
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
elevated
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From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
embers
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
enable
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
enemy
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
exit
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
fleet
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
fore-bridge
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From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
funnels
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
furnaces
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
glimmer
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
glowing
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
guide
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
headed
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
heavy
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From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
Just
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
keep
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
lean
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
light
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
line
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
long
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
men
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From this reading On deck the men were at the battle-stations, standing motionless and silent.
midnight
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
motionless
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From this reading On deck the men were at the battle-stations, standing motionless and silent.
much
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
N
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
next
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On deck the men were at the battle-stations, standing motionless and silent.
only
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
phosphorescent
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
prevent
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
propellers
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
scarce
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From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
screened
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
Sefton
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From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
showing
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
silent
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From this reading On deck the men were at the battle-stations, standing motionless and silent.
slipped
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
spark
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
standing
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From this reading On deck the men were at the battle-stations, standing motionless and silent.
station
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
stern
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
supposed
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From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
swirl
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
triple
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
two
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From this reading Just before midnight two columns of destroyers in line ahead slipped away in the darkness, the course being N.
vessel
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
water
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From this reading The only guide to enable the destroyer to keep station was the phosphorescent swirl at the stern of the vessel next ahead, as her triple propellers churned the water.
waves
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From this reading From the elevated fore-bridge Sefton could scarce distinguish betwixt the _Calder’s_ bows and the dark, heavy waves.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On deck the men were at the battle-stations, standing motionless and silent.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
WithoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading 42° E. Without showing so much as a glimmer of light, with their funnels screened with "spark arresters" to prevent the exit of glowing embers from the furnaces, the long, lean craft headed in the supposed direction of the enemy fleet.
