used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
ariseverbUS /ərˈaɪz/
come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading But when they reached St. Gingolph a fresh deadlock seemed likely to arise.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
Berthod
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From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
boatmen
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From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when they reached St. Gingolph a fresh deadlock seemed likely to arise.
commissionairenoun
a uniformed doorman
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
deadlocknounUS /ˈdedlɑːk/
a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
From this reading But when they reached St. Gingolph a fresh deadlock seemed likely to arise.
an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So I made him wire him to look out for us."
Fordham
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From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
Francois
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From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading But when they reached St. Gingolph a fresh deadlock seemed likely to arise.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
Gingolph
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From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So I made him wire him to look out for us."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading But when they reached St. Gingolph a fresh deadlock seemed likely to arise.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading So I made him wire him to look out for us."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading So I made him wire him to look out for us."
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
Montreux
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From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading So I made him wire him to look out for us."
out-of-the-wayadjective
exceptional, unusual, or remarkable
From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
ownsverbUS /oʊnz/
third-person singular of “own” — have ownership or possession of
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading But when they reached St. Gingolph a fresh deadlock seemed likely to arise.
past form of “remark” — make mention of
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
cut with a saw
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading But when they reached St. Gingolph a fresh deadlock seemed likely to arise.
seldom-visited
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From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I made him wire him to look out for us."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
St
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From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But when they reached St. Gingolph a fresh deadlock seemed likely to arise.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So I made him wire him to look out for us."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So I made him wire him to look out for us."
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was not much demand for boatmen at the out-of-the-way, seldom-visited little village.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We might have had some difficulty in getting a boat," remarked Fordham.
at the time that
From this reading But when they reached St. Gingolph a fresh deadlock seemed likely to arise.
which person or people
From this reading "As it happens, though, I saw my commissionaire, Francois Berthod, in Montreux, and he has a brother at St. Gingolph who owns one.
ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
From this reading So I made him wire him to look out for us."
