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THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely. On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner. Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes. At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side. With his glasses he could see everything that was going on.
Chapter 7 of £19,000 is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “With his glasses he could see everything that was going on.”
(baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
From this reading “On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.”
plural of “mail” — the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading “At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.”
not able to be found
From this reading “THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.”
the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
From this reading “THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.”
past form of “secure” — get by special effort
From this reading “On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.”
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
From this reading “On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.”
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In this reading “On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.”
used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly
In this reading “Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.”
hold back to a later time
In this reading “At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.”
In this reading “On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.”
leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
In this reading “THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.”
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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 On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.
not accessible to view
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
pull, as against a resistance
From this reading Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading With his glasses he could see everything that was going on.
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading With his glasses he could see everything that was going on.
the act of departing
From this reading With his glasses he could see everything that was going on.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With his glasses he could see everything that was going on.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.
immediately past
From this reading At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.
(baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
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From this reading THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.
plural of “mail” — the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.
not able to be found
From this reading THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.
plural of “note” — a brief written record
From this reading THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.
the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
From this reading THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
From this reading Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.
with safety; in a safe manner
From this reading THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.
past form of “secure” — get by special effort
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading With his glasses he could see everything that was going on.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With his glasses he could see everything that was going on.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NUMBERS OF THE MISSING NOTES Loide got off the boat safely.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With his glasses he could see everything that was going on.
look attentively
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
in or at the place that
From this reading On the wharf at Queenstown he secured a position where, concealed himself, he could watch the liner.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Hours seemed to drag by which were in reality minutes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading At last the tender put off with the mails and reached the steamer's side.
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