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Chapter XXXVI
THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck. Alice Lancaster had never appeared so sweet. It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do. So Mrs. Lancaster and Keith had the deck to themselves. They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading “They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.”
a bright green precious stone
From this reading “They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alice Lancaster had never appeared so sweet.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “So Mrs. Lancaster and Keith had the deck to themselves.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
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From this reading Alice Lancaster had never appeared so sweet.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
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From this reading Alice Lancaster had never appeared so sweet.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
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From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
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From this reading THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck.
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From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
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From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
a bright green precious stone
From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
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From this reading THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Alice Lancaster had never appeared so sweet.
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From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
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From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck.
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From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
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From this reading So Mrs. Lancaster and Keith had the deck to themselves.
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From this reading Alice Lancaster had never appeared so sweet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice Lancaster had never appeared so sweet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck.
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From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Alice Lancaster had never appeared so sweet.
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From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
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From this reading Alice Lancaster had never appeared so sweet.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading So Mrs. Lancaster and Keith had the deck to themselves.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE OLD IDEAL One evening they sat on deck.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had been sailing for weeks among emerald isles and through waters as blue as heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It happened that Mrs. Rhodes had a headache and was down below, and Rhodes declared that he had some writing to do.
