Chapter XVI · One of the Curses of the Dark Continent

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

(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 All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Palime is the neatest of little towns, set at the foot of some softly rounded hills.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

eat an early morning meal

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

of surpassing excellence

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

the process of giving careful thought to something

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

freed from illness or injury

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

an ardent follower and admirer

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

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From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

more distant in especially space or time

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

enclose with a fence

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

plural of “fence” — a barrier that serves to enclose an area

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading Palime is the neatest of little towns, set at the foot of some softly rounded hills.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

past form of “garnish” — take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

a person of German nationality

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

possessive form of “german” — a person of German nationality

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

shoot down, of birds

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

only a very short time before

From this reading And the town, it is hardly necessary to say, was spotlessly neat and tidy.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading Palime is the neatest of little towns, set at the foot of some softly rounded hills.

provoking horror

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

plural of “hut” — temporary military shelter

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

beguiling but harmful

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

third-person singular of “intend” — have in mind as a purpose

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Palime is the neatest of little towns, set at the foot of some softly rounded hills.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

and nothing more

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

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From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

immediately past

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

the act of tarrying

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

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From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

attach to a support

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

(superlative of “near” or “close”) within the shortest distance

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

clean or organized

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

superlative of “neat” — clean or organized

From this reading Palime is the neatest of little towns, set at the foot of some softly rounded hills.

absolutely essential

From this reading And the town, it is hardly necessary to say, was spotlessly neat and tidy.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

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From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

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From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

plural of “patient” — a person who requires medical care

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

obtain or seize by violence

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged

From this reading Palime is the neatest of little towns, set at the foot of some softly rounded hills.

express in words

From this reading And the town, it is hardly necessary to say, was spotlessly neat and tidy.

a particular branch of scientific knowledge

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

the trait of practicing self discipline

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Palime is the neatest of little towns, set at the foot of some softly rounded hills.

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

the state of being asleep

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

with low volume

From this reading Palime is the neatest of little towns, set at the foot of some softly rounded hills.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Palime is the neatest of little towns, set at the foot of some softly rounded hills.

in a spotless manner

From this reading And the town, it is hardly necessary to say, was spotlessly neat and tidy.

plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

the rays of the sun

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

give something useful or necessary to

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

possessing sweep

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

in or at that place or location

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits

From this reading And the town, it is hardly necessary to say, was spotlessly neat and tidy.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

plural of “town” — an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading Palime is the neatest of little towns, set at the foot of some softly rounded hills.

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading And the town, it is hardly necessary to say, was spotlessly neat and tidy.

accept gladly

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading All the streets were swept and garnished, and all the fences were whole, for if a German puts up a picket fence, he intends it for a permanency, and not for a fuel supply for the nearest huts.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Not hills clothed with dense bush such as I had come across farther west, but hills covered with grass, emerald in the brilliant sunshine, with just here and there a tree to give it a park-like appearance.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading _The neat little town of Palime--The market--The breakfast--A luxury for the well-to-do--Mount Klutow--The German Sleeping Sickness Camp--The German's consideration for the hammock-boys--Misahohe, a beautiful road, well-shaded--A kindly welcome--The little boys that were cured--Dr von Raven, a devotee to science--The town of the sleeping sickness patients--“Last year strong man, this year finish”--Extreme poverty and self-denial--A ghastly, horrible, lingering and insidious disease--Dr von Raven's message to the English people._