used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They had slept through the day without a break.
anew
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
terminate
From this reading They had slept through the day without a break.
chapsnounUS /tʃæps/
plural of “chap” — a boy or man
From this reading "O, say, you chaps, have you returned to life again?
absence of light or illumination
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading They had slept through the day without a break.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you know you have been pounding your ears for thirteen hours?"
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading Do you know you have been pounding your ears for thirteen hours?"
the act of escaping physically
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Do you know you have been pounding your ears for thirteen hours?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had slept through the day without a break.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "O, say, you chaps, have you returned to life again?
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Do you know you have been pounding your ears for thirteen hours?"
hoveringverbUS /ˈhʌvərɪŋ/
-ing form of “hover” — be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
and nothing more
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Do you know you have been pounding your ears for thirteen hours?"
LAGOONnounUS /ləˈɡuːn/
a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "O, say, you chaps, have you returned to life again?
MasonnounUS /ˈmeɪsən/
American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O, say, you chaps, have you returned to life again?
pokedverbUS /poʊkt/
past form of “poke” — poke or thrust abruptly
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
poundingnounUS /ˈpaʊndɪŋ/
repeated heavy blows
From this reading Do you know you have been pounding your ears for thirteen hours?"
restlesslyadverbUS /ˈrestləsli/
in a restless manner
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "O, say, you chaps, have you returned to life again?
rubbingnounUS /ˈrʌbɪŋ/
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
express in words
From this reading "O, say, you chaps, have you returned to life again?
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading They had slept through the day without a break.
stateroomnoun
a guest cabin
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had slept through the day without a break.
thirteennounUS /ˈθɜːrˈtiːn/
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
From this reading Do you know you have been pounding your ears for thirteen hours?"
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading They had slept through the day without a break.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "O, say, you chaps, have you returned to life again?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
at the time that
From this reading THE ESCAPE FROM THE LAGOON When the boys awoke it was dark again.
which person or people
From this reading Mason, who had been hovering around restlessly all day, poked his head into the stateroom just as Harry was rubbing his eyes.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading They had slept through the day without a break.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "O, say, you chaps, have you returned to life again?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you know you have been pounding your ears for thirteen hours?"
