used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
the state of being absent
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
tried unsuccessfully
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
CalderanounUS /ˌkælˈderə/
a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
CaptureverbUS /ˈkæptʃər/
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
a person who is in charge
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
ChinesenounUS /tʃaɪˈniːz/
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
without stop or interruption
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
CrueltiesnounUS /ˈkruːltiz/
plural of “cruelty” — a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading On the following day our sailors set to work gallantly.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
dismantledadjectiveUS /dɪˈsmæntəld/
torn down and broken up
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
plural of “effort” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
being one more than seven
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
floatingadjectiveUS /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading On the following day our sailors set to work gallantly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
gallantlyadverbUS /ˈɡæləntli/
in a gallant manner
From this reading On the following day our sailors set to work gallantly.
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
jolly-boat
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From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
JunknounUS /dʒʌŋk/
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
MerchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
being nothing more than specified
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
not in physical motion
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
not any; not one
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the following day our sailors set to work gallantly.
on one occasion
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
and nothing more
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading On the following day our sailors set to work gallantly.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
PiratenounUS /ˈpaɪrət/
someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
PiratesnounUS /ˈpaɪrəts/
plural of “pirate” — someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
PlundernounUS /ˈplʌn.dər/
Goods or treasure taken by force or theft, especially in war or banditry.
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
repairnounUS /rɪˈper/
the act of putting something in working order again
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading On the following day our sailors set to work gallantly.
SeizurenounUS /ˈsiːʒər/
a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading On the following day our sailors set to work gallantly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
shellnounUS /ʃel/
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
carry out
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
VanquishedverbUS /ˈvæŋkwɪʃt/
past form of “vanquish” — come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading Efforts at Escape--Attempted Flight--Return to the "Caldera"--Capture--Cruelties of the Pirates--Portrait of a Pirate Chief--Chinese Prayer--Death of a Pirate--Seizure of a Merchant Junk--Fresh Plunder--Fortune of the Vanquished.
capable of being seen; or open to easy view
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Once more we had the "Caldera" to ourselves; but she was now a mere shell, dismantled, melancholy, and motionless--a floating mass of utter ruin!
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The greater part of the day went by thus, and for hours and hours no sail was visible on the horizon.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading On the following day our sailors set to work gallantly.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To repair the jolly-boat would take, at the least, eight or ten hours of hard labour, and our only hope lay in the continued absence of our enemies.
