Chapter I

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

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

tending to become more severe or wider in scope

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

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

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

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

From this reading Sailors are a hard set of men.

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

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

move up and down repeatedly

From this reading They were so on the ship where Bob was.

a youthful male person

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

take in liquids

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

activities that are enjoyable or amusing

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets)

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading Sailors are a hard set of men.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

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

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

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

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

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

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

gain knowledge or skills

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

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

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

for more time

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

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

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

the force of workers available

From this reading Sailors are a hard set of men.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

not any; not one

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Sailors are a hard set of men.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading They were so on the ship where Bob was.

and nothing more

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew

From this reading Sailors are a hard set of men.

express in words

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Sailors are a hard set of men.

transport commercially

From this reading They were so on the ship where Bob was.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

in the near future

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

utter obscenities or profanities

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

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

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They were so on the ship where Bob was.

a special situation

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

up to a particular time

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

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

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

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

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

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

From this reading They were so on the ship where Bob was.

in or at the place that

From this reading They were so on the ship where Bob was.

during the time that

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

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

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

disposed or inclined toward

From this reading They would swear, and drink, and fight, and at first they made fun of poor Bob; but he was so active, and so ready to learn, and so willing to do any little thing for them, that he soon got their goodwill, though on the whole he led a hard life of it.

past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.

in the company of; together with

From this reading And so he went, and though his little heart was ready to burst with grief, he would say to himself, “I must do good and I will get friends, and it is only a little while till I go to be with my mother.”

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading It was not such a place as his mother would have wished for her boy, but it was the best that could be done then, and the poor man felt as if he could keep him no longer.