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VAIN EFFORTS. Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left. They could not doubt it. This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave. [Sidenote: AN ADVANTAGEOUS LOSS.]
Chapter 31 of In Search of the Castaways — A Romantic Narrative of the is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
From this reading “Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.”
giving an advantage
From this reading “[Sidenote: AN ADVANTAGEOUS LOSS.]”
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading “Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.”
plural of “effort” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “VAIN EFFORTS.”
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading “Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.”
English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)
From this reading “Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.”
something that is lost
From this reading “[Sidenote: AN ADVANTAGEOUS LOSS.]”
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading “Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.”
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In this reading “Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.”
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
In this reading “This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.”
In this reading “VAIN EFFORTS.”
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the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
giving an advantage
From this reading [Sidenote: AN ADVANTAGEOUS LOSS.]
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading [Sidenote: AN ADVANTAGEOUS LOSS.]
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
confined by bonds
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They could not doubt it.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading They could not doubt it.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
plural of “effort” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading VAIN EFFORTS.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742)
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They could not doubt it.
immediately past
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
go away from a place
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
something that is lost
From this reading [Sidenote: AN ADVANTAGEOUS LOSS.]
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They could not doubt it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
and nothing more
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
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From this reading [Sidenote: AN ADVANTAGEOUS LOSS.]
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They could not doubt it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
From this reading VAIN EFFORTS.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
which person or people
From this reading This captain, who was in duty bound to be the last on board, had been the first to leave.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Will Halley and his crew, taking advantage of the night and the passengers' sleep, had fled with the only boat left.
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