used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
aidedadjectiveUS /ˈeɪdəd/
having help; often used as a combining form
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
baitverbUS /beɪt/
harass with persistent criticism or carping
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
Beeby
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From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
cameranounUS /ˈkæmərə/
equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
clamsnounUS /klæmz/
informal terms for money
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
cleanedverbUS /kliːnd/
past form of “clean” — make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
CubansnounUS /ˈkjuːbənz/
plural of “cuban” — a native or inhabitant of Cuba
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
someone who is a detective
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
finishingnounUS /ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
start firing a weapon
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
fishingnounUS /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
jutted
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From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
set down according to a plan
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
immediately past
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
maroonedadjectiveUS /mərˈuːnd/
cut off or left behind
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
Muldoon
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From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
networknounUS /ˈnetwɜːrk/
an interconnected system of things or people
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
preserveverbUS /prəˈzɜːrv/
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
raftnounUS /ræft/
a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
free from harm or evil
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
any member of a ship's crew
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
smokedadjectiveUS /smoʊkt/
(used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
in the near future
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
sticksnounUS /stɪks/
plural of “stick” — an implement consisting of a length of wood
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
give something useful or necessary to
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
Tim
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From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
touchesnounUS /ˈtʌtʃəz/
plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
the act of using
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
plural of “view” — a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
at the time that
From this reading The old sailor cleaned them, and then, laid on a network of sticks, over a slow fire, the fish were smoked, to preserve them for use as food when the voyage of the raft should have been started.
in or at the place that
From this reading He said he wanted to get some last views of the place where they had been marooned.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Beeby went off with his camera, which he had brought to the island.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
Widdy
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From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE RESCUE With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the raft.
youthsnounUS /juːðz/
plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading The fishing, which was done off some rocks that jutted out from shore, was good, and soon the two youths had a fine supply.
