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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 To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
back
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
company
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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
convoys
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
dance
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
decks
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
deep
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
drift
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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
eye
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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
France
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
friends
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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
garb
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
go
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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
God
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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
going
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
Good-bye
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
Grim
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
guns
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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
Hun
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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
jam
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
knows
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
luck
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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
men
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
Oh
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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
Old
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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
out
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
paint-splotched
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
path
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
pay
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
piper
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
port
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
rainbow
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
sea
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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
seas
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
set
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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
sides
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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
slugged
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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
smack
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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
songs
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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
starboard
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
thunderbolts
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
toss
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From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
tries
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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
U-boat's
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From this reading Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat’s eye— God help the Hun that tries his luck— Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye.
war
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From this reading Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company.
way
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across.
We'll
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
We're
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From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, We’re on the seas for France, We’re on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye, The decks are deep with men, We’re going out to God knows what, We’ll be back God knows when.
