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Chapter I
“You say your things are all ready, Cecil? Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin. We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.” The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday. “Let me see to your bag, Roy,” she exclaimed.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.””
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ““Let me see to your bag, Roy,” she exclaimed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.””
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.”
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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 The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
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From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You say your things are all ready, Cecil?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “You say your things are all ready, Cecil?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.”
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From this reading “Let me see to your bag, Roy,” she exclaimed.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You say your things are all ready, Cecil?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Let me see to your bag, Roy,” she exclaimed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let me see to your bag, Roy,” she exclaimed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Let me see to your bag, Roy,” she exclaimed.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You say your things are all ready, Cecil?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Let me see to your bag, Roy,” she exclaimed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You say your things are all ready, Cecil?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Let me see to your bag, Roy,” she exclaimed.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Let me see to your bag, Roy,” she exclaimed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You say your things are all ready, Cecil?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Let me see to your bag, Roy,” she exclaimed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then I’ll just go below and do up my Gladstone, and put it in your cabin.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall be at Bergen before long, they say.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You say your things are all ready, Cecil?
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From this reading The speaker was a young Englishman of three-or-four-and-twenty, and the sister addressed by him was still in the first flush of girlhood, having but a few days before celebrated her nineteenth birthday.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You say your things are all ready, Cecil?
