Chapter IV

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

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

(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 "Why, you are all so dirty, and you smell nasty and musky of that great snake."

disposed to please

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

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

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "Why, you are all so dirty, and you smell nasty and musky of that great snake."

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "But we are going to skin it, Sahib, and we shall be much worse then."

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

the two together, not just one

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

a small house with a single story

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "But we are going to skin it, Sahib, and we shall be much worse then."

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

being joined in close association

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

From this reading "Why, you are all so dirty, and you smell nasty and musky of that great snake."

-ing form of “dispatch” — send away towards a designated goal

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

plural of “fellow” — a boy or man

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading "Oh yes, I forgot," said Harry.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

the act of departing

From this reading "But we are going to skin it, Sahib, and we shall be much worse then."

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading "Why, you are all so dirty, and you smell nasty and musky of that great snake."

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

annoy continually or chronically

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

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

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "But we are going to skin it, Sahib, and we shall be much worse then."

of or relating to two people who are married to each other

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

the force of workers available

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

a form of address for a man

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

resembling the smell of musk

From this reading "Why, you are all so dirty, and you smell nasty and musky of that great snake."

offensive or even (of persons) malicious

From this reading "Why, you are all so dirty, and you smell nasty and musky of that great snake."

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading "Oh yes, I forgot," said Harry.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

past form of “re-enter” — enter again

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

express in words

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading "But we are going to skin it, Sahib, and we shall be much worse then."

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

From this reading "But we are going to skin it, Sahib, and we shall be much worse then."

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

From this reading "Why, you are all so dirty, and you smell nasty and musky of that great snake."

limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

From this reading "Why, you are all so dirty, and you smell nasty and musky of that great snake."

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

in the near future

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

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

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading "But we are going to skin it, Sahib, and we shall be much worse then."

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

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

clean with some chemical process

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "But we are going to skin it, Sahib, and we shall be much worse then."

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading "Why, you are all so dirty, and you smell nasty and musky of that great snake."

in the company of; together with

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading "What good, Sahib?" said the man, looking up with so much wonder in his amiable, simple face, that both Phra and Harry burst out laughing, in which the men joined.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability

From this reading "But we are going to skin it, Sahib, and we shall be much worse then."

an affirmative

From this reading "Oh yes, I forgot," said Harry.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading FISHING WITH A WORM "I say, Sree, hadn't you and your fellows better have a wash?" said Harry, as soon as Mr. Kenyon had re-entered the bungalow to go to his office on the other side for his regular morning work connected with the dispatching of rice and coffee down to the principal city.