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Chapter VIII
"Well, Madame, we've arrived. This is the moon and there is the earth. To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home. I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like." "Oh, then we shan't actually have breakfast on the moon?"
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Oh, then we shan't actually have breakfast on the moon?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well, Madame, we've arrived.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."”
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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 I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
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From this reading "Oh, then we shan't actually have breakfast on the moon?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This is the moon and there is the earth.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
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From this reading "Well, Madame, we've arrived.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
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From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is the moon and there is the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
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From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Oh, then we shan't actually have breakfast on the moon?"
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From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is the moon and there is the earth.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, Madame, we've arrived.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is the moon and there is the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, then we shan't actually have breakfast on the moon?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, then we shan't actually have breakfast on the moon?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This is the moon and there is the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This is the moon and there is the earth.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is the moon and there is the earth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Oh, then we shan't actually have breakfast on the moon?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
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From this reading "Well, Madame, we've arrived.
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From this reading "Well, Madame, we've arrived.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I think you said you would like breakfast on the surface of the World that Has Been, and so, as it's about eleven o'clock earth-time, we'll call it a _dejeuner_, and then we'll go and see what this poor old skeleton of a world is like."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading To put it into plain figures, you are now two hundred and forty thousand odd miles away from home.
