Chapter X · Chapter 10

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

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

at or in the front

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

(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 Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

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

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

from appearances alone

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

exhale hard

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

a youthful male person

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

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From this reading "Nor of its owner, Sir Dudley Broughton?"

a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

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

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

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From this reading "Nor of its owner, Sir Dudley Broughton?"

one or the other of two

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Have you never heard of the yacht?"

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

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading Have you never heard of the yacht?"

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

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

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

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

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

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading "Nor of its owner, Sir Dudley Broughton?"

immediately past

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

a condition requiring relief

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Have you never heard of the yacht?"

not any; not one

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading "Nor of its owner, Sir Dudley Broughton?"

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

From this reading "Nor of its owner, Sir Dudley Broughton?"

past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

with low volume

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

precisely, exactly

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

free from danger or the risk of harm

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

term of address for a man

From this reading "Never, sir."

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

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

at a steady rate or pace

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

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

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

in or at that place or location

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

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From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

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

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

in the direction of

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

forceful exertion

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

the act of observing; taking a patient look

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Steadily, and with all the vigor I could command, I pulled towards the light.

an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

From this reading Have you never heard of the yacht?"

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Have you never heard of the yacht?"

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading My companion sat quietly watching the stars, and apparently following out some chain of thought to himself; at last he said, "There, boy, breathe a bit; there's no need to blow yourself; we 're all safe long since; the 'Firefly' is right ahead of us, and not far off either.